Journey to heaven : exploring Jewish views of the afterlife / / by Leila Leah Bronner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819328103321
• Autore: Bronner Leila Leah
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jerusalem ; ; New York : , : Urim Publications, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 965-524-078-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.09; 296.09014
• Soggetti: Future life - Judaism; Eschatology, Jewish; Immortality - Judaism; Reincarnation - Judaism; Rabbinical literature - History and criticism; Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, Medieval
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-200) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Hebrew Bible: glimpses of immortality -- Early post-biblical literature: gateways to heaven and hell -- The mishnah: who will merit the world to come? -- The Talmud: what happens in the next world? -- Medieval Jewish philosophy: faith and reason -- Mysticism: reincarnation in Kabbalah -- Modernity: what do we believe? -- The Messiah: the eternal thread of hope.
• Sommario/riassunto: A number of the basic tenets of Jewish belief regarding the afterlife, resurrection, immortality, judgment, messianism, and the world to come are laid out in this fascinating and accessible volume. Beginning with the Bible's references to Sheol and its allusions to resurrection, this survey explores immortality and bodily resurrection in Second Temple literature; the Mishnah's discussions of olam ha-ba, or the world to come, and how to merit entry into it; and the Talmud's depictions of paradise and hell, and the soul's journey through these ; metaphysical landscapes. The book also explores the