Journey to heaven : exploring Jewish views of the afterlife

Title
  1. Journey to heaven : exploring Jewish views of the afterlife / by Leila Leah Bronner.
Published by
  1. Jerusalem ; New York : Urim Publications ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Lambda Publishers, 2011.
Author
  1. Bronner, Leila Leah.

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Description
  1. 206 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Journey To Heaven invites readers to rediscover some of the basic tenets of Jewish belief concerning the hereafter: resurrection, immortality, judgment, messianism, and the World to Come. Starting with the Bible's references to Sheol and allusions to resurrection, this comprehensive survey explores immortality and bodily resurrection in Second Temple literature; the Mishnah's discussions of olam ha-ba, the World to Come, and how to merit entertering it; and the Talmud's depictions of Gan Eden (paradise), Gehinnom (hell), and the soul's journey through these metaphysical landscapes. Bronner also explores the views of medieval scholars such as Maimonides and Nahmanides, Jewish mystical teachings about reincarnation, and modern views of faith and belief. A separate chapter is devoted to views of the Messiah over the course of Jewish history. Bronner demonstrates that the afterlife is indeed a vital part of Judaism, as she reveals how generations of Jews, from biblical times to the present, have grappled with its core ideas and beliefs about the hereafter.
Subject
  1. Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  2. Bible
  3. Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  4. Future life > Judaism
  5. Eschatology, Jewish
  6. Immortality > Judaism
  7. Reincarnation > Judaism
  8. Rabbinical literature > History and criticism
  9. Jewish philosophy
  10. Philosophy, Medieval
  11. Rabbinical literature
  12. Judentum
  13. Jenseits
  14. Eschatologie
  15. Unsterblichkeit
  16. Seelenwanderung
  17. Transmigration > Judaism
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-200) and index.