TY - JOUR
TI - Descents to the Underworld from Gilgamesh to Christian Late Antiquity 
AU - Bremmer, Jan N.
TI - Descents to the Underworld from Gilgamesh to Christian Late Antiquity 
AB - 
	In my contribution I trace the transformations of the descent into the underworld from ancient Assyria via Greece and Rome to the world of Christian Late Antiquity. My aim is to analyse the evolution of a pagan and Jewish hellscape into a Christian one. First, I will briefly discuss the earliest known literary descent, that by Enkidu, which almost certainly influenced the poet of the Odyssey (§ 1), who, in turn, paved the way for the famous descent of Orpheus (§ 2). Subsequently, we will return to Assyria, and from there move to Israel and Rome during the early Imperial period (§ 3), before concluding with Christian Late Antiquity (§ 4). In my argument I will concentrate on the interplay of pagan and Christian traditions, as well as to the nature of the sinners in the various hellscapes.
VL - 2017
IS - Tom 50, Numer 4
PY - 2018
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 291
EP - 309
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.17.018.8459
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/descents-to-the-underworld-from-gilgamesh-to-christian-late-antiquity
KW - apokalipsy
KW - Gilgamesz
KW - Odyseja
KW - Orfeusz
KW - 1 Księga Enocha
KW - Eneida
KW - Apokalipsa Piotra
KW - Wizja Ezdrasza
KW - Apokalipsa Pawła
KW - descent into the underworld
KW - tours of hell
KW - hellscapes
KW - apocalypses
KW - Gilgamesh
KW - Odyssey
KW - Orpheus
KW - 1 Enoch
KW - Aeneid
KW - Apocalypse of Peter
KW - Vision of Ezra
KW - Apocalypse of Paul ; zejście do podziemia
KW - podróże do piekła