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The destiny of the soul

a critical history of the doctrine of a future life

by William Rounseville Alger

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xii, 1008 pages ; 23 cm Previously published as: A critical history of the doctrine of a future life The bibliography has half-title: Literature of the doctrine of a future life: or, a catalogue of works relating to the nature, origin, and destiny of the soul. The titles classified, and arranged chronologically, with notes and indexes of authors and subjects. By Ezra Abbot. Forming an appendix to the history of the doctrine of a future life, by William R. Alger. (This bibliography was published separately, New York, 1871) Includes indexes The bibliography (pages 771-914)-has half-title: Literature of the doctrine of a future life; or, A catalogue of works relating to the nature, origin, and destiny of the soul. The titles classified, and arranged chronologically, with notes, and indexes of authors and subjects. By Ezra Abbot. Compiled (originally) as an appendix to the History of the doctrine of a future life, by William R. Alger. (This bibliography was published separately, New York, 1871) Historical and critical introductory views -- Ethnic thoughts concerning a future life -- New Testament teachings concerning a future life -- Christian thoughts concerning a future life -- Historical and critical dissertations concerning a future life

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Future life” and “Immortality”. Retained metadata contains “Future life” in the subtitle, “Future life” in the description, “Future life” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Future life· via Internet Archive
    • Immortality· via Internet Archive
    • Future life· via Open Library
    • Future life· in subtitle
    • Future life· in description
    • Future life· in subject

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a critical history of the doctrine of a future life

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1878-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : W.J. WiddletonEnglishPublic digitized item

a critical history of the doctrine of a future life

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1880Boston : Roberts; RobertsEnglishPublic

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  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: University of California
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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