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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] hell
  • Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:56:02 -0500

The reason that you can't find the idea of eternal life for the soul in the "Hebrew" "biblical corpus", is because it is not there, in the written Torah, it is in the Oral Torah, which is not something that you believe in - your loss.

Shoshanna




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'.

We should also recognize that some groups did not recognize anything more
beyond Sheol (eg, Sadducees). For them, Sheol was the final frontier.



Best Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS

Moore Theological College

1 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia

Ph: (+61 2) 9577 9774






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