Journey to heaven exploring Jewish views of the afterlife / by Leila Leah Bronner.

Author/creator Bronner, Leila Leah
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoJerusalem ; New York : Urim Publications ; Brooklyn, N.Y. : Lambda Publishers,
Description206 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-200) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012370148
ISBN9789655240474