Resurrection and the restoration of Israel : the ultimate victory of the God of life / Jon D. Levenson.

By: Levenson, Jon DouglasMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. Description: xix, 274 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0300117353 (hardcover)Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Jews -- Restoration | Resurrection (Jewish theology)DDC classification: 296 LOC classification: BM645.R47 | L48 2006Online resources: Table of contents only Notre Dame Online Access | Contributor biographical information Online Access | Publisher description Online Access
Contents:
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.
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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.

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