Talking Skulls: On Some Personal Accounts of Hell and Their Place in Apocalyptic Literature

Talking Skulls: On Some Personal Accounts of Hell and Their Place in Apocalyptic LiteratureZeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient ChristianitySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MYQ4GBZC/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.EmmanouelaGrypeouTalking Skulls: On Some Personal Accounts of Hell and Their Place in Apocalyptic Literaturehttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MYQ4GBZChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/MYQ4GBZChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/MYQ4GBZCZeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity20:12016109-126Established definitions of apocalypticism and apocalyptic literature in Late Antiquity often disregard a variety of apocalyptic visions and ideas that are included in a variety of genres of the Christian literature of Late Antiquity. The present paper discusses personal afterlife accounts and more specifically, personal hell visions, as found in various Christian texts and sources, such as monastic and hagiographical or martyrological literature. These visions and their special features are analysed in the context of related apocalyptic literature and traditions, as well as in their relationship with pagan local traditions and necromantic rituals. As will be argued, personal accounts of afterlife present a specific literary phenomenon in the history of ancient Christian apocalyptic literature and tradition, but they also demonstrate a significant diachronic popularity in other religious communities and their literatures. Grypeou, Emmanouela. “Talking Skulls: On Some Personal Accounts of Hell and Their Place in Apocalyptic Literature.” Zeitschrift Für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity 20:1 (2016): 109–26. Emmanouela Grypeou, Talking Skulls: On Some Personal Accounts of Hell and Their Place in Apocalyptic Literature, Zeitschrift Für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity 20:1 (2016): 109–26.Abba ArseniusVII-XVIII CEeschatologyhagiographyhell