Resurrection and the restoration of Israel the ultimate victory of the God of life /

Levenson, Jon Douglas.

Resurrection and the restoration of Israel the ultimate victory of the God of life / [electronic resource] : Jon D. Levenson. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - xix, 274 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Resurrection (Jewish theology)
Jews--Restoration.


Electronic books.

BM645.R47 / L48 2006

296.3/3