@inbook{97cf79c283a3413da1ff1f0c59661eb5,
title = "The redemption of an arch-heretic: Elisha ben Abuya and the flames of gehenna",
abstract = "Christ's descensus ad inferos and the Rabbinic story of the arch heretic Elisha show some remarkable parallels: the temporary abode of the deceased in the netherworld, God{\textquoteright}s compassion which reaches to the deepest depths, the power of repentance which reaches beyond the grave; the importance of solidarity which transcends the boundaries between life and death. Although the Rabbinic story is told as a personal story only while the descensus ad inferos refers to Christ and his salvific work, both stories reveal the condition humaine, by inviting people to have profound compassion with all of humanity, with the dead and the living, a compassion which may even contribute to salvation. ",
author = "Marcel Poorthuis",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1163/9789004366633_006",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789004366626",
series = "Studies in Theology and Religion",
publisher = "Brill publishers",
editor = "{Van Wieringen}, Archibald and Marcel Sarot",
booktitle = "The Apostles{\textquoteright} Creed",
}