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Death and afterlife: perspectives of world religions / edited by
Hiroshi Obayashi.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-275-94104-3 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Death--Religious aspects--Comparative studies. 2. Future life--
Comparative studies. I. Obayashi, Hiroshi.

BL504.D33 1992

291.2'3--dc20 91-3876

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Copyright © 1992 by Hiroshi Obayashi

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

A hardcover edition of Death and Afterlife is available from the Greenwood
Press imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (Contributions to the Study of
Religion, Number 33; ISBN: 0-313-27906-3)

Library of Congress Catalog Number: 91-3876

ISBN: 0-275-94104-3

First published in 1992

Praeger Publishers, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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Copyright Acknowledgments

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to use
the following:

Watson Burton, ed. and trans., Chuang Tzu, Basic Writings. Copyright ©
1964 Columbia University Press. Used by permission.

Pritchard James B., ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old
Testament, 3d ed., with supplement. Copyright © 1969 by Princeton University
Press. Reprinted by permission of Princeton University Press.

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