Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>]

I agree, the various notions exist side by side without cancelling each other.
However, the idea of eternal life whether for good or for bad (heaven
or hell) seems to be a novelty of the Hellenistic time that is not
there in the oldest/ most classic parts of the Hebrew biblical corpus
(of which Daniel isn't a part: Daniel is a rather Hellenistic text).


2006/3/14, George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>:
> We must note that the concepts of 'heaven' and 'hell' in Judaism did not
> replace the concept of Sheol (the 'Underworld'). As Dan 12.1-3 shows, the
> notions of everlasting life and everlasting condemnation supplemented the
> notion of Sheol by placing an eschatological judgement day into the scheme
> of things. This universal judgement day was came after Sheol. Thus, it is
> correct to say that Sheol should be understood apart from the notion of
> 'hell'.
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> We should also recognize that some groups did not recognize anything more
> beyond Sheol (eg, Sadducees). For them, Sheol was the final frontier.
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> Best Regards,
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> GEORGE ATHAS
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