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The Geography of Hell in the Teaching of Jesus: Gehenna, Hades, the Abyss, the Outer Darkness Where There Is Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth is unavailable, but you can change that!

The topic of hell has held a strange fascination for believers through the centuries, becoming the subject of paintings, sermons, books, articles, and much more. For many it has been a source of terror, for most a wellspring of questions. Is there such a thing as hell? How long will it last? Who will go there? Is hell fair? In this study, Kim Papaioannou tackles the topic at its most...

“of Hinnom” (Neh. 11:30)—גֵיא בֶן־הִנֹּם (ge’ ben hinnom) and גֵיא־הִנֹּם (ge’ hinnom) respectively. For the sake of simplicity I will use the term “Ge-hinnom” when referring to the Old Testament references and “Gehenna” for the New Testament references. The valley was located south, south-west of Jerusalem, and it adjoined the Kidron valley which lay to the south, southeast of the city. It is usually associated with today’s Wadi er-Rababi. The word Ge-hinnom occurs thirteen times in the Hebrew Bible.
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