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Resurrection and the restoration of Israel : the ultimate victory of the God of life /

This provocative volume explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Jon Levenson argues that, contrary to a very widespread misconception, the ancient rabbis were keenly committed to the belief that at the end of time, God would restore the deserving dead to life. In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levenson, Jon Douglas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The modern Jewish preference for immortality
  • Resurrection in the Torah?
  • Up from Sheol
  • Are Abraham, Moses, and Job in Sheol?
  • Intimations of immortality
  • Individual mortality and familial resurrection
  • The man of God performs a resurrection
  • "Death, be broken!"
  • The widow re-wed, her children restored
  • Israel's exodus from the grave
  • The fact of death and the promise of life
  • "He keeps faith with those who sleep in the dust"
  • God's ultimate victory
  • Epilogue: the two horns of the ram.