Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Johnson, David F | Copyright information

Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature. By Ananya Jahanara Kabir. [Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 32.] (New York: Cambridge University Press. 2001. Pp. xi, 210. $70.00.)

Ananya Jahanara Kabir's study addresses the Anglo-Saxons' evolving understanding of a deceptively simple question: what exactly was the destination of the souls of the righteous after death? In seven chapters, which examine the evidence provided by the Bible, Mlfric, Augustine, Bede, Boniface...

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