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Title: The Plutonium of Hierapolis and the Descent of Christ into the 'Lowermost Parts of the Earth' (Ephesians 4,9)
Author(s): KREITZER, Larry J.
Journal: Biblica
Volume: 79    Issue: 3   Date: 1998   
Pages: 381-393
DOI: 10.2143/BIB.79.3.3200624

Abstract :
After a general discussion of the myth regarding Demeter, Persephone and Hades/Pluto, the author discusses, in the light of coins of the early Neronian period (54-59 AD), the likelihood that the Plutonium of Hierapolis is the geographical spot the author wants his readers to imagine when they read in the Letter to the Colossians that Christ entered the lowermost parts of the earth.

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