Gehenna Few places seem as synonymous with the ... In fact, the image of immolating bodies inspired the concept of “hellfire” in Jewish and Christian theology. This manner of corpse disposal ...

Sheol came to be thought of as a place of waiting, where a person’s soul could either be purified and sent on to Gan Eden or sent for punishment in Gehenna. Jews understand this to mean that ...

It is the Jewish equivalent of the Christian Heaven. Gehenna developed as an idea of a place of punishment for those who had lived immoral lives. It is the Jewish equivalent of the Christian Hell.