afterlife

Question 1

the belief that there is an afterlife

Answer 1

• death is not the end of life. death is a transition to another state of life
• ‘activity in this world was only a preparation for life in the world to come’ - pirkei avot
• connection –> answering the existential questions

Question 2

the belief that the soul is immortal

Answer 2

• if the soul is immortal then death cannot be the final act

- ‘and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to god, who gave it’ - ecclesiastes 12:7

Question 3

the belief that there will be a resurrection of the dead

Answer 3

• belief that there will be a resurrection of the body and soul
• ‘behold I will open your graves and cause you to come up and out of your graves’ - Ezekiel 37