The intermediate state and prayers for the dead
Publisher: John Nisbet and Co.
Published: 1900
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction iii; title: CHAPTER I; title: OLD TESTAMENT REVELATIONS OF A LIFE AFTER DEATH 1; title: CHAPTER II; title: THE STATE OF THE DEAD DEPICTED IN PRE-CHRISTIAN AND EARLY POST-CHRISTIAN JEWISH WRITINGS; title: § 1. The Book of Jesus the Son of Sirach  14; title: § 2. The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon  24; title: § 3. The Second Book of the Maccabees  28; title: § 4. Third and Fourth Maccabees   43; title: CHAPTER III; title: THE STATE OF THE DEAD DEPICTED IN OTHER EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS; title: § 1. The Books of Tobit, Judith, and Baruch   47; title: § 2. The Book of Enoch  52; title: (a) Section I., 170 B.C 54; title: (b) The Similitudes, 94-64 B.C. 57; title: (c) The Dream-Visions, 134-94 B.C. 59; title: (d) Section V., 134-94 B.C  59; title: § 3. The Second (or Fourth) Book of Esdras 62; title: § 4. The Psalter of Solomon — Psalms of the Pharisees  72; title: § 5. The Books of the Sibyllines 75; title: § 6. The Assumption of Moses 78; title: § 7. The Apocalypse of Baruch 80; title: § 8. The Testament of Job 85; title: § 9. The Book of the Jubilees 88; title: § 10. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 97; title: CHAPTER IV; title: JEWISH USAGES IN DISTINCTLY POST-CHRISTIAN DAYS; title: § 1. Philo Judaeus    101; title: § 2. Book of the Secrets of Enoch   103; title: § 3. Josephus   106; title: § 4. Jewish Inscriptions in the Catacombs  113; title: § 5. The Crimean Inscriptions    121; title: § 6. The Inscription of Aden and other Jewish Inscriptions     124; title: § 7. The Kaddish Prayer    129; title: § 8. The Talmuds and R. Johanan Ben Zakkai   132; title: § 9. The Pirke Aboth     137; title: § 10. The Midrashim     140; title: § 11. The Siphre  144; title: § 12. Modern Jewish Practice    148; title: CHAPTER V; title: PARADISE AND GEHENNA; title: § 1. Jewish Ideas 152; title: § 2. New Testament Revelation   158; title: CHAPTER VI; title: THE NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGES APPEALED TO BY THOSE WHO UPHOLD PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD; title: § 1. Introductory    171; title: § 2. "The World to come" — Matt. xii. 31, 32  172; title: § 3. "The Fire of the Day of the Lord" — 1 Cor. iii. 12-15 177; title: § 4. "Baptized for the Dead" — 1 Cor. xv. 29   182; title: § 5. Paul's Prayer for Onesiphorus — 2 Tim. i. 16  187; title: § 6. Dr. Littledale's List of Passages  191; title: § 7. "The Souls under the Altar" — Rev. vi. 10  200; title: § 8. The Petrine Passages — 1 Pet. iii. 18-20 and iv. 6 204; title: CHAPTER VII; title: PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD IN THE EARLY AGES OF CHRISTIANITY; title: § 1. The Apostolic Fathers and the Inscriptions in the Catacombs of Rome    216; title: § 2. The Petitions for the Dead in the so-called Primitive Liturgies and Later Prayers  224; title: § 3. The Writings of the Fathers   228; title: § 4. The Epitaph of Abercius     233; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: THE INTERMEDIATE STATE AS DEPICTED CHRISTIAN APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS; title: § 1. Introductory Remarks 243; title: § 2. The Apocalypse of Peter 245; title: § 3. The Vision of St. Paul and other Apocryphal Apocalypses 248; title: § 4. The Gospel of Nicodemus 255; title: CHAPTER IX; title: HELL AS DESCRIBED BY THE FATHERS, AND HELL AND PURGATORY AS PORTRAYED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 260; title: CHAPTER X; title: THE SO-CALLED "TEST OF CATHOLICITY" 281; title: CHAPTER XI; title: THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 304; title: INDEX OF TEXTS ILLUSTRATED 317; title: GENERAL INDEX. 320