The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife
the book is a pleasant read, and it provides a fascinating sketch of endlessly interesting subject matter. Students and scholars of ancient religion, philosophy, and early Christianity will certainly want to read it, and more general readers will no doubt enjoy it greatly as well.–Peter Aronoff, Marymount College, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, July, 2002A relatively brief but wide-ranging book on a complex subject....a useful study.–Religious Studies Review