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

By: Levenson, Jon Douglas.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006Description: xix, 274 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Resurrection (Jewish theology) | Jews -- RestorationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.3/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.