The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
46. Did the Hebrews Believe in an Afterlife?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Jan Åge Sigvartsen [+]
Jan A. Sigvartsen holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from Andrews University. He has published Afterlife and Resurrection Beliefs in the Apocrypha and Apocalyptic Literature (Jewish and Christian Texts 29; London: T&T Clark, 2019) and Afterlife and Resurrection Beliefs in the Pseudepigrapha (Jewish and Christian Texts 30; London: T&T Clark, 2019).
Description
The Hebrew Bible displays little interest in the afterlife, but it evokes practices that tended to be frowned upon by the writers. These practices demonstrate a belief in a form of continuation of life after death.