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Resurrection and the restoration of Israel : the ultimate victory of the God of life / Jon D. Levenson
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006Description: xix, 274 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0300117353 (hardcover)
- 9780300117356 (hardcover)
- 9780300136357 (pbk.)
- 0300136358 (pbk.)
- ARCH YNDC 296.3 L399R 22
- BM645.R47 L48 2006
Contents:
Summary: This book explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead
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
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SAIACS Archives Room | Yandell Collection | ARCH YNDC 296.3 L399R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 063006 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-262) and indexes
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
This book explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead
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