Rethinking Hell Conference—discount!
There are some key folk representing all of the three main Christian views on hell there.
I mean, Jerry Walls! Wow. His new book, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory (Brazos, 2015), is really excellent (though we disagree on the freewill defence). Given that Jerry defends eternal hell against universalism you'd be surprised how close our views are.
Oliver Crisp! Dudes! That guy rocks.
Eric Reitan and John Kronen! Weep for joy!
Brad Jersak! Sweet!
David Instone-Brewer on the rabbis. That one will be fascinating. David knows his rabbinincs.
And a whole host of other folk who seem to be genuinely interesting.
You can see the whole programme at the website here.
It is not too late to book. In fact, I think that there is currently a $25 discount code available.
Comments
That's why I hope there will be a video.
I have yet to hear his paper so I do not yet know his arguments. However, I am unaware of any rabbis that were universalists. I am looking forward to hearing what he has to say. He knows his rabbinics well.
Robin
As far as I am aware, the earliest source we have for Gehenna as an image of judgement is Jesus. All the other early Jewish sources on Gehenna are post AD 70 sources, decades later. Rabbinic texts pose a further problem as they are all a LOT later, though they do preserve earlier traditions, some of which may well reflect ideas at the time of Jesus. The trick is discerning which. So we cannot be sure that anyone else in Jesus' day was using Gehenna to speak of judgement. I am increasingly cautious about reading Jesus against the background of later Jewish texts—great care is needed.
If a live-stream or video recording is not available, there are many here who would contribute financially to an unauthorized boot-leg copy. Could you possibly hide a go-pro in a phylactery on your forehead? Just a thought.