Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell
Where do the hell passages in the Bible come from and what do they mean?
Ever wonder what the Bible says about hell?
What could be more fun than taking a one-night class to learn about it?
Nothing. The answer is nothing could be more fun.
This class includes:
Class recording
Q&A session recording
Downloadable class slides
Cost: $25
Topics we’ll cover:
A history of the afterlife, from Egypt to Greece, Rome, and into the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.
What is Sheol, Gehenna, the Pit that we find in the Old Testament?
How does the Book of Revelation fit into all of this?
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Meghan Henning
Meghan Henning is a Professor of Christian Origins at the University of Dayton and the Senior Assistant Provost of Undergraduate Curriculum and Student Success. She specializes in New Testament and Early Christianity and holds an undergraduate degree in Religion and Economics from Denison University, a Masters degree in Biblical Studies from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate in New Testament from Emory University.
Dr. Henning’s book (Mohr Siebeck) on the pedagogical function of Hell in antiquity is entitled Educating Early Christians through the Rhetoric of Hell. Her second book, Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christianity (Yale University Press) examines hell through the lenses of gender and disability studies.
