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Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. 209 pp. , xx11. Stated: "First published in 1992" with '9' in number line. Following Preface and Introduction, Contents divided into 3 Parts and 13 Essays: PART I: DEATH AND AFTERLIFE IN NONLITERATE AND ANCIENT RELIGIONS (1) George C. Bond, "Living with Spirits: Death and Afterlife in African Religions"; (2) Jerrold S. Cooper, "The Fate of Mankind: Death and Afterlife in Ancient Mesopotamia"; (3) William J. Murnane, "Taking It With You: The Problem of Death and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt"; (4) Helen F. North, "Death and Afterlife in Greek Tragedy and Plato"; PART II: DEATH AND AFTERLIFE IN WESTERN RELIGIONS (5) George E. Mendenhall, "From Witchcraft to Justice: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament"; (6) Leander E. Keck, "Death and Afterlife in the New Testament"; (7) Robert Goldenberg, "Bound Up in the Bond of Life: Death and Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition"; (8) Hiroshi Obayashi, "Death and Eternal Life in Christianity"; (9) William C. Chittick, " 'Your Sight Today is Piercing': The Muslim Understanding of Death and Afterlife"; PART III: DEATH AND AFTERLIFE IN EASTERN RELIGIONS (10) Thomas J. Hopkins, "Hindu Views of Death and Afterlife"; (11) Frank E. Reynolds, "Death as Threat, Death as Achievement: Buddhist Perspectives with Particular Reference to theTheravada Tradition"; (12) Elisabeth Benard, "The Tibetan Tantric View of Death and Afterlife"; (13) Judith A. Berling, "Death and Afterlife in Chinese Religions"; Bibliography: For Further Reading, pp. 193-200; Index, pp. 201-206; About the Editor and Contributors, pp. 207-209. Glossy dark blue wrappers with Title, Subtitle, Editor name lettering in white letters on spine and across upper middle front cover. (NO remainder marks.) Previous owner name signed discreetly at top right ffep / half-title page, that of distinguished poet Geraldine Zetzel, From Small Press Distribution: "Author: Geraldine Zetzel / Geraldine Zetzel grew up in New York, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C. and spent summers in Austria and Wyoming. Her career was in teaching, teacher training, and child advocacy. In addition to poetry, she is active at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement and with Cambridge at Home, an organization for seniors who choose to stay put as they age. The author of the full-length collection MAPPING THE SANDS (Mayapple Press, 2010) and two chapbooks, Near Enough to Hear the Words (Pudding House Publications, 1998) and With Both Hands (Finishing Line Press, 2004), she is a student of Buddhism and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts." Apart from this previous owner signature, book is FLAWLESS, (Tight binding; sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; Clean text) looking UNREAD.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.