The fire that consumes :

Fudge, Edward.

The fire that consumes : a biblical and historical study of the doctrine of final punishment / Edward William Fudge. - 3rd ed. - Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2011. - xxiv, 417 p. ; 26 cm.

"Fully updated, revised, and expanded"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-393) and indexes.

Rethinking hell : apostasy or new reformation? -- Back to the Bible : the Protestant principle -- Souls : immortal or otherwise -- Aiōnos : duration, quality, or both? -- Sheol/Hades : gracedom? -- Divine justice : when? -- Divine justice : historical examples -- Divine justice : Messiah and the End -- Diversity : Apocrypha and Dead Sea scrolls -- Diversity : Pseudepigrapha -- Jesus : fire (Gehenna) -- Jesus : fire (Gehenna not named) -- Jesus : fire (Parable of the Sheep and Goats) -- Jesus : fire (Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus) Jesus : non-fire images -- Golgotha : judgment revealed (1) -- Golgotha : judgment revealed (2) -- Thessalonians -- Galatians and Corinthians -- Romans, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians -- Hebrews, James, Acts -- 1-2, Peter, 1-3 John, Jude -- Revelation -- Apostolic fathers and their successors -- The apologists : a fire that torments -- Apokatastasis : a fire that purifies -- Arnobius to Augustine -- Augustine's case for unending torment -- Middle Ages to Reformation -- John Calvin : Psychopannychia -- An old tradition questioned -- Roots of the current recovery -- The evangelical recovery continues -- A kinder and gentler traditionalism -- Refreshing the memory -- Afterword.

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Hell--Biblical teaching.
Hell--History of doctrines--Christianity.
Future punishment--Biblical teaching.
Future punishment--History of doctrines--Christianity.
Immortality--Biblical teaching.
Immortality--History of doctrines--Christianity.
Resurrection--Biblical teaching.
Resurrection--History of doctrines--Christianity.
God (Christianity)--Righteousness.

BS680.H43 / F92 2011