Review of Beato Ego and Ulrike Mittmann, eds. Evil and Death: Concepts of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature (original) (raw)
2016, Bulletin for Biblical Research
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The book "Evil and Death: Concepts of the Human in Biblical, Early Jewish, Greco-Roman and Egyptian Literature" edited by Beato Ego and Ulrike Mittmann explores various theological perspectives on the concepts of evil and death across different cultural and religious literatures. The chapters delve into exegetical analyses, theological hermeneutics, and the connections between Greek and Mesopotamian ideas, as well as the implications of these interpretations on human understanding of morality and divine judgment.
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