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The Intermediate State and Prayers for the Dead : examined in the light of Scripture, and of ancient Jewish and Christian literature

CONTENTS Introduction iii CHAPTER I OLD TESTAMENT REVELATIONS OF A LIFE AFTER DEATH 1 CHAPTER II THE STATE OF THE DEAD DEPICTED IN PRE-CHRISTIAN AND EARLY POST-CHRISTIAN JEWISH WRITINGS § 1. The Book of Jesus the Son of Sirach 14 § 2. The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon 24 § 3. The Second Book of the Maccabees 28 § 4. Third and Fourth Maccabees 43 CHAPTER III THE STATE OF THE DEAD DEPICTED IN OTHER EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS § 1. The Books of Tobit, Judith, and Baruch 47 § 2. The Book of Enoch 52 (a) Section I., 170 B.C 54 (b) The Similitudes, 94-64 B.C. 57 (c) The Dream-Visions, 134-94 B.C. 59 (d) Section V., 134-94 B.C 59 § 3. The Second (or Fourth) Book of Esdras 62 § 4. The Psalter of Solomon — Psalms of the Pharisees 72 § 5. The Books of the Sibyllines 75 § 6. The Assumption of Moses 78 § 7. The Apocalypse of Baruch 80 § 8. The Testament of Job 85 § 9. The Book of the Jubilees 88 § 10. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 97 CHAPTER IV JEWISH USAGES IN DISTINCTLY POST-CHRISTIAN DAYS § 1. Philo Judaeus 101 § 2. Book of the Secrets of Enoch 103 § 3. Josephus 106 § 4. Jewish Inscriptions in the Catacombs 113 § 5. The Crimean Inscriptions 121 § 6. The Inscription of Aden and other Jew

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