TY - BOOK AU - Levenson,Jon Douglas TI - Resurrection and the restoration of Israel: the ultimate victory of the God of life SN - 0300117353 (hardcover) AV - BM645.R47 L48 2006 U1 - ARCH YNDC 296.3 L399R 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Resurrection (Jewish theology) KW - Jews KW - Restoration N1 - 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 N2 - This book explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead ER -