TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sweeney,Jon M.
TI  - Inventing Hell: Dante, the Bible and eternal torment 
SN  - 978-1-4555-8224-2
U1  - 851.1 23E
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Jericho Books
KW  - Dante Alighieri
KW  - دانتي أليجييري
KW  - Bible
KW  - In literature
KW  - Hell in literature
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
N1  - Bibliogr. p. 189-192
N2  - "Hell: The word means terror, darkness, and eternal separation from God. Some people think the Bible is clear about hell, but what if they're mistaken? With gripping narrative and solid scholarship, Sweeney charts hell's "evolution" from the Old Testament underworld Sheol, through history and literature, to the greatest influencer of all: Dante's Inferno. He reveals how the modern idea of hell is based mostly on Dante's imaginative genius-but in the process, he offers a more constructive understanding of the afterlife than ever before. Disturbing and enthralling, Sweeney will forever alter what we think happens to us after we die-and more importantly, he will make us reconsider how we live"--
ER  -