02970oam 22005054a 450 991051059010332120210915044639.01-61249-513-31-61249-514-1(CKB)3790000000537585(OCoLC)1013952272(MdBmJHUP)muse59917(MiAaPQ)EBC5166944(EXLCZ)99379000000053758520170629d2017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierolam he-zeh v'olam ha-baThis World and the World to Come in Jewish Belief and Practice /edited by Leonard GreenspoonWest Lafayette, Indiana Purdue University Press, [2017]1 online resourceStudies in Jewish civilization1-55753-792-5 Includes bibliographical references."Dining on Leviathan. Discoursing with Socrates. Debating the nature of existence in the afterlife. These are among the topics authors address in this wide-ranging account of how Jews have conceptualized the world to come and structured their lives in this world accordingly. The chronological range of these chapters also is impressive. The earliest documents discussed are from Apocryphal literature, including apocalypses, that were composed from 400 BCE to 200 CE. There are creative analyses of rabbinic material and documents from the medieval period through the twentieth century. Evolving ritual and liturgical practices bring readers up to the early twenty-first century. Each of the thirteen authors whose works are brought together in this volume shows historical, cultural, and religious sensitivity both to the unique features of these differing manifestations and to the elements that unite them. For the readers of this volume, which is equally rewarding for general audiences and for specialists, the result is a carefully nuanced, creatively balanced exploration of the breadth of Jewish thought and practice concerning some of the most profound and perplexing issues humans face"--Provided by publisher.Studies in Jewish civilization.Future lifeJudaismHistory of doctrinesEschatology, JewishHistory of doctrinesImmortalityJudaismHistory of doctrinesResurrection (Jewish theology)History of doctrinesElectronic books. Future lifeJudaismHistory of doctrines.Eschatology, JewishHistory of doctrines.ImmortalityJudaismHistory of doctrines.Resurrection (Jewish theology)History of doctrines.296.3/3Greenspoon Leonard J(Leonard Jay),MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910510590103321Olam he-zeh v'olam ha-ba2548607UNINA