ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where is hell located?
A
Under Jerusalem
B
In the space
C
Under Rome
D
It is not specified
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -East of the Old City (today identified as Valley of Josaphat) Within the Old City (today identified as the Tyropoeon Valley): Many commentaries give the location as below the southern wall of ancient Jerusalem, stretching from the foot of Mount Zion eastward past the Tyropoeon to the Kidron Valley.

Detailed explanation-2: -Genesis 37:35; Numbers 16:30-33; Psalm 86:13; Ecclesiastes 9:10). Sheol was thought of as a place situated below the ground (cf. Ezek. 31:15), a place of darkness, silence and forgetfulness (cf. Job 10:21).

Detailed explanation-3: -Noun. • (géenna) f (uncountable) hell, gehenna (one of various hells in Abrahamic religions)

Detailed explanation-4: -Usually Sheol was thought of ‘as being deep down in the earth, as hell is often thought of today. In Old Testament Sheol is represented as the opposite of the upper sphere of life and light.

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