Death and Afterlife
Death appears in many guises within Judaism. The Hebrew Bible, which forms the basis for all subsequent thinking, treats death as a punishment for sin and source of ritual impurity. While it acknowledges the virtue of a timely death, the emphasis remains on embodied life and the present moment. Refe...
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
2025-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.saet.ac.uk/Judaism/DeathandAfterlife |