Blog Posts on Hell by Category
*Click on each category below to be taken to that specific blog page
1. Gehenna Etymology
The origin of the word “Gehenna,” usually translated as “hell” in the Bible.
1. History of Hell, The Mesopotamian Kurnugia
The first underworld, the Kurnugia, in ancient Mesopotamia.
1. The Early Church, History of Eternal Torment
College Paper I wrote describing how eternal torment became official church teaching.
1. Views of Hell, Eternal Conscious Torment
The most common understanding of hell, where the wicked are tormented for eternity.
1. Words of Hell, Sheol and Hades
The words of Sheol/Hades that are sometimes translated as “hell” in the Bible.
2. History of Hell, The Egyptian Duat
Ancient Egyptian underworld called the Duat and the mythos behind it.
2. The Early Church, History of Universal Reconciliation
What did the early church fathers think of Universalism?
2. Views of Hell, Hell as Separation
The view that sees “hell” as literal but fire and flames and torment are only a metaphor.
2. Words of Hell, Tartarus and Gehenna
Two words translated as hell: Tartarus and Gehenna.
3. History of Hell, The Zoroastrianism Duzakh
The history of the Zoroastrian religious hell–The Duzakh
3. Views of Hell, Annihilation
The View of hell that sees it as total annihilation, or the destruction of the wicked.
4. History of Hell, The Greek Hades
The history of the Greek mythological hell called Hades
