Imagining the Afterlife in the Ancient World

First published 2019
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN

and by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

The right of Juliette Harrisson to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Harrisson, Juliette, editor.
Title: Imagining the afterlife in the ancient world / edited by Juliette Harrisson.
Description: First [edition]. | New York: Routledge, 2018. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018015173 (print) | LCCN 2018027309 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781315097879 (ebook) | ISBN 9781351578400 (web pdf) |
ISBN 9781351578394 (epub) | ISBN 9781351578387 (mobi/kindle) |
ISBN 9781138299795 (hardback: alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Future life—History—To 1500. | Death—Religious
aspects—To 1500. | Future life in literature.
Classification: LCC BL535 (ebook) | LCC BL535 .138 2018 (print) |
DDC 202/.3093—dc23LC
record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015173

ISBN: 978-1-138-29979-5 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-09787-9 (ebk)

Typeset in Times New Roman
by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon, UK