Hell - Wikipedia In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after death
Hell | Description, History, Types, Facts | Britannica hell, in many religious traditions, the abode, usually beneath the earth, of the unredeemed dead or the spirits of the damned In its archaic sense, the term hell refers to the underworld, a deep pit or distant land of shadows where the dead are gathered
A Short History of Hell - HowStuffWorks In the New Testament, Jesus and his disciples introduce a new term for hell, the Hebrew word Gehenna According to Jewish tradition, Gehenna was a valley outside of the city walls of Jerusalem that doubled as a trash dump, where garbage was continually burned
Hell | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy On the traditional Christian model of hell, articulated by some of the West’s most historically significant philosophers and theologians, hell involves permanent, conscious suffering for the purpose of punishing human sin
Hell - New World Encyclopedia In traditional Christianity, Islam, and the popular imagination, hell is frequently depicted as a fiery pit located underground where souls are tormented by their past sins and demonic forces Alternatively, hell has been described (e g , in Dante's Inferno) as a freezing cold and despondently gloomy place
Hell | Encyclopedia. com The most notable written work featuring hell is Dante's The Divine Comedy, which offers detailed descriptions of the types of punishment inflicted on the damned in each level of hell
Hell - definition of hell by The Free Dictionary 1 Used as an intensive: He ran like hell to catch the bus 2 Used to express strong contradiction or refusal: He says he's going along with us—Like hell he is!
What is hell? - Ancient Origins Hell was where the souls of the damned suffered torturous and unending punishment Even after the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world, the wicked would be sent back to Hell for eternity By the beginning of the fifth century, this doctrine was taught throughout western Christianity
Hell - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway Hell is further described as the place “where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched” (9:48) Here Jesus is using the terminology of Isaiah 66:24