Summary of Bart D. Ehrman's Heaven and Hell

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#1 The Gospel of Peter, which was discovered in Egypt in 1886, was a book that claimed to be written by Peter, one of Jesus’s apostles, and it described the afterlife. However, scholars today believe that the book was written by a later Christian who simply wanted to seem like he was Peter.

#2 The Book of Tobit describes the torments of the damned, who are being punished for their most characteristic sin while living. Those who maligned both the ways of God and the saints who tried to practice them were hanged over unquenchable fire.

#3 The Apocalypse of Peter is a graphic and detailed description of the eternal torment of sinners, but it also includes a brief and vague description of the blessings of the saints, who come to the glorious Elysian fields.

#4 The book, called the Passion of Perpetua, was written in Latin and is one of the most moving pieces of early Christian literature. It is purportedly a firsthand account of time in prison experienced by a Christian awaiting trial and execution.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822524446

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#1

The Gospel of Peter, which was discovered in Egypt in 1886, was a book that claimed to be written by Peter, one of Jesus’s apostles, and it described the afterlife. However, scholars today believe that the book was written by a later Christian who simply wanted to seem like he was Peter.

#2

The Book of Tobit describes the torments of the damned, who are being punished for their most characteristic sin while living. Those who maligned both the ways of God and the saints who tried to practice them were hanged over unquenchable fire.

#3

The Apocalypse of Peter is a graphic and detailed description of the eternal torment of sinners, but it also includes a brief and vague description of the blessings of the saints, who come to the glorious Elysian fields.

#4

The book, called the Passion of Perpetua, was written in Latin and is one of the most moving pieces of early Christian literature. It is purportedly a firsthand account of time in prison experienced by a Christian awaiting trial and execution.

#5

The story of Perpetua is a prime example of the trials and tribulations of this life that might lead one to slip from the faith. But Perpetua had faith in her savior, and was able to ascend the ladder of faith, avoiding all the threatening metal weapons.

#6

The story of Perpetua is beautiful and moving, but it has an unintended dark side. The Christian visions of the afterlife, which were meant to provide guidance for how to live in the here and now, came not in dreams but in what were described by their authors as near-death experiences.

#7

The story of Jesus’s twin brother, Judas Thomas, is one of the most well-known stories in the Christian tradition. It explains how Thomas was sent to India to be sold as a slave, but was saved by Jesus. It was meant to convince people how to live in the here and now.

#8

The story of the man who tried to take communion in Thomas’s church in India is a prime example of how the church believed sex was the root of all evil. The man had recently converted to Christianity and had abstained from the pleasures of the flesh, but this did not please his lover, who murdered him.

#9

The author of the Acts of Thomas, a disciple of Jesus, wrote a narrative about a woman who was saved from hell by Thomas.