<P> The fiery part of Hades (Hebrew Sheol) is distinguished from the separate Old Testament, New Testament and Mishnah concept of Gehenna (Hebrew Hinnom), which is generally connected with the Last Judgment . Matthew 5: 29--30; 18: 9ff, Mark 9: 42 . </P> <P> The concept of paradise is not mentioned in Luke 16, nor are any of the distinguishing Jewish associations of paradise such as Third Heaven (found with "paradise" in 2 Corinthians 12: 2--4 and Apocalypse of Moses), or the tree of life (found with "paradise" in Genesis 2: 8 Septuagint and Book of Revelation 2: 7). Consequently, identification of Bosom of Abraham with Paradise is contested . It is not clear whether Matthew 8: 11 "And I tell you that many will come from the East and West and will eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ." represents an alternative or complimentary cosmology to the ideas of Luke 16: 19--31 . </P> <P> In the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome referred to Abraham's bosom as the place in hades where the righteous await judgment day in delight . Due to a copying error a loose section of Hippolytus' commentary on Luke 16 was misidentified as a Discourse to the Greeks on Hades by Josephus and included in William Whiston's translation of the Complete Works of Josephus . </P> <P> Augustine of Hippo likewise referred to the righteous dead as disembodied spirits blissfully awaiting Judgment Day in secret receptacles . </P>

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