Jewish Views of the Afterlife. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simcha Paull Raphael ; foreword by Arthur Green.
• Other Names: Raphael, Simcha Paull; Green, Arthur
• Contents: Foreword to the First Edition, by Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi; ; Foreword to the Third Edition, by Arthur Green; ; Preface to the Third Edition; ; Acknowledgments; ; 1 A Personal Journey; ; 2 Is There Afterlife after Auschwitz?; ; 3 Biblical Roots of Jewish Views of the Afterlife; ; 4 Tours of Heaven and Hell in Apocryphal Literature; ; 5 The World to Come in Rabbinic Judaism; ; 6 Visionary Tours of the Afterlife in Medieval Midrash; ; 7 Immortality of the Soul in Medieval Philosophy; ; 8 The Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Kabbalah; ; 9 Death and the Afterlife in Hasidic Tales; ; 10 Spirits, Ghosts, and Dybbuks in Yiddish Literature; ; 11 A Contemporary Psychological Model of the Afterlife; ; 12 Afterlife and the Renewal of Jewish Death Rituals; ; Notes; ; Bibliography; ; Index; ; About the author
• Edition: Third edition, 25th anniversary edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 296.3/3; Future life -- History of doctrines; Eschatology, Jewish -- History of doctrines; Immortality -- History of doctrines; Resurrection (Jewish theology) -- History of doctrines; RELIGION / Judaism / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538103463
• Related ISBNs: 153810346X; 9781538103449
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed March 18, 2019).
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