Immortality and the Unseen World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Immortality and the Unseen World, credited to W. O. E. Oesterley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Immortality and the Unseen World, by W. O. E. Oesterley. Read by JoeD. The full title of this book is Immortality and the Unseen World - A Study in Old Testament Religion. Oesterley describes the beliefs that pre-Christian Hebrews and Semites held regarding the afterlife and the immortal nature of humans. The nature, form and evolution of these beliefs are derived from the Tanakh (Old Testament), comparisons with the beliefs and mythologies of neighboring cultures, and archeological finds. To develop a full study, additional beliefs of these people are also considered, including the beliefs of the constituent parts of humans; demonology, angelology, shades and the Satan; the home of the dead, ancestor worship, necromancy, and burial customs. Oesterley also hypothesizes on how primitive beliefs in immortality may have developed in pre-Christian times. (Summary by JoeD)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Immortality and the Unseen World
• Author credits: W. O. E. Oesterley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 9:24:06

Catalogue topics

• mythology
• religion
• anthropology

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 - Some preliminary considerations — 29:31
2. 02 - Chapter 2 - The Old Testament teaching on the constituent parts of Man — 31:17
3. 03 - Chapter 3 - The Demonology of the Semites — 25:32
4. 04 - Chapter 4 - The Demonology of the Old Testament — 32:57
5. 05 - Chapter 5 - The Angelology of the Old Testament — 45:48
6. 06 - Chapter 6 - The Rephaim — 41:49
7. 07 - Chapter 7 - Sheol, the place of the Departed — 39:17
8. 08 - Chapter 8 - Ancestor-Worship and the cult of the Dead (I) — 37:00
9. 09 - Chapter 9 - Ancestor-Worship and the cult of the Dead (II) — 35:32
10. 10 - Chapter 10 - Necromancy — 46:15
11. 11 - Chapter 11 part 1 - Mourning and burial customs — 53:29
12. 12 - Chapter 11 part 2 - Mourning and burial customs — 1:05:53
13. 13 - Chapter 12 - Immortality the normal lot of Man — 27:49
14. 14 - Chapter 13 - The development of belief — 52:05

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