Gehenna (/ ɡɪˈhɛnə / ghi-HEN-ə; Ancient Greek: Γέεννα, romanized: Géenna) or Gehinnom (Hebrew: גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם, romanized: Gēʾ ḇen-Hīnnōm or גֵי־הִנֹּם, Gē-Hīnnōm, ' Valley of Hinnom ') is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.

Jun 5, 2014 · Put simply, there is no evidence that the valley was, in fact, a perpetually burning garbage dump. In fact, near as anyone can tell, the earliest mention we have of this theory comes a Rabbi named David Kimhi who wrote a commentary on Psalm 27 in the 13th Century.

The Burning City is a fantasy novel of social and political allegory by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

Apr 7, 2011 · I have long wanted to do a little work to debunk the endlessly repeated myth that the Hinnom Valley (Gehenna) was a perpetually burning trash dump. There simply is no evidence to support the idea, but because it seems a reasonable explanation for the origin of the Hinnom Valley as “hell,” writers and preachers accept and propagate the story.

Sep 21, 2023 · In later years, Gehenna continued to be an unclean place used for burning trash from the city of Jerusalem. Jesus used Gehenna as an illustration of hell. God so despised the false god Molech that He explicitly forbade the Israelites from having anything to …

Mar 12, 2019 · Gehenna is NOT hell Therefore, a word that is commonly translated as “hell” in the New Testament, gehenna does not in fact refer to a place of burning torture or torment in the afterlife. Instead, the word gehenna refers to a literal place outside the walls of Jerusalem.

Jan 28, 2013 · “With the common sense which often characterizes Jewish commentators, Kimchi says that the place was the dump of the city, where fires were always kept burning to destroy the refuse; ‘therefore the judgment of the wicked is parabolically called Gehenna.’

Nov 28, 2017 · Hell is called many names in the Bible - the lake of fire, Hades, Abraham's Bosom, and Gehenna. However, not many people know that not only is Gehenna a place where both body and soul can be destroyed in unquenchable fire, but also a real place in Jerusalem.

Aug 4, 2011 · Rob Bell takes the view in Love Wins that in Jesus’ day Gehenna was the “city dump”: “There was a fire there, burning constantly to consume the trash.” It is a metaphor for the terrible consequences of rejecting “the good and true and beautiful life that God has for us”.

Jan 23, 2018 · Of the four words that are often translated “hell,” Gehenna is the only term used in our Scriptures to describe the final fate of the wicked. 1 It is used primarily by Jesus in the gospels, once by James and is entirely absent in the writings of Paul.