Gehenna as “Hell” in Ancient Judaism = The Historical Basis For A Powerful Metaphor (2)

By Jamie Moran

9. The belief in God eternally punishing his human ‘children’ by forsaking them in Gehenna/Hell is oddly parallel with the pagan worshipers sacrificing their children in fire in the Valley of Ge Hinnom. William Blake is clear that the ‘god’ of damnation is Satan the…

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Gehenna as “Hell” in Ancient Judaism = The Historical Basis For A Powerful Metaphor (1)

By Jamie Moran

1. The Jewish Sheol is the exact same as the Greek Hades. No loss of meaning occurs if, on every occasion when Hebrew says ‘Sheol’, this is translated as ‘Hades’ in Greek. The term ‘Hades’ is well known in English, and thus might be preferred to the term…

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