This was an excellent overview of the stories that have influenced and shaped our views of Heaven and Hell from ancient times until now. I particularly enjoyed the author’s exploration of the chain of influences that have connected all these stories and the way that they’ve been tweaked to express new ideas in the “journey to the other side” format. For example, I never realized that the rebellious Titans’ deepest level of hell (Tartarus) shows up in 2 Peter 2:4 (the only spot in the Bible) by using the word Tartarus to signify Hell:
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