Afterlife

Question 1

References of afterlife in tanaka ?

Answer 1

Very small (barely any)

Question 2

What happens to the souls

Answer 2

They survive after death it’s conscious and can communicate with the living

Question 3

Shady place talked about in Hebrew bible ?

Answer 3

Sheol where souls go down to after death
These souls await olam ha ha

Question 4

Many contemporary Jews have embraced…

Answer 4

The idea that while «we don’t know» what happens when we die we should make the most after life

Question 5

When is the after life mentioned in the tanakh

Answer 5

Never is

Question 6

What does philo alexandandria (Jewish philosopher) think about life after death

Answer 6

He saw the remaining souls of the body after death as a main tenant of Jewish faith

Question 7

Garden of Eden?

Answer 7

Where the righteous go after death

Question 8

Gehenom

Answer 8

A place where the wicked go

Question 9

What do mishnah and the talmud have in them

Answer 9

Metaphors about how the afterlife will be

Question 10

Reform Jews take on life after death

Answer 10

The souls is eternal and will be resurrected

Question 11

Reform Jews take on life after death

Answer 11

The souls is eternal and will be resurrected

Question 12

Orthodox Jews take on the afterlife

Answer 12

Believe that the physical body will be resurrected
In the messianic age when the hood will rise from the dead

Question 13

Orthodox views on centrality of after life

Answer 13

Central to belief and practice with a focus on olam ha ha and resurrection

Question 14

Orthodox Jew views on olam ha ba

Answer 14

Literal spiritual world after death where the righteous dwell

Question 15

Resurrection of the dead Orthodox Jew

Answer 15

Core belief in physical resurrection during the messianic age

Question 16

Gan Eden and gehinnom Orthodox Jews

Answer 16

Literal places of reward (paradise) and temporary purification

Question 17

Divine judgment Orthodox Jews

Answer 17

Judgement after death determining one’s fate in the afterlife

Question 18

Personal interpretation Orthodox Jews

Answer 18

Fixed based on traditional texts and teachings

Question 19

Mysticism Orthodox Jews

Answer 19

Mystical ideas including reincarnation are accepted by some

Question 20

Centrality of afterlife reform Jews

Answer 20

Downplayed; emphasis on ethical living and justice in this world

Question 21

Olam ha ba reform Jews

Answer 21

Often symbolic seen as legacy or spiritual continuation

Question 22

Resurrection of the dead reform Jew

Answer 22

Generally rejected or interpreted symbolically

Question 23

Gan Eden and gehinnom reform Jews

Answer 23

Not emphasised ; often seen as metaphorical or symbolic

Question 24

Divine judgement reform Jews

Answer 24

Emphasis on ethical judgment in this life less focus on afterlife

Question 25

Personal interpretation reform Jews

Answer 25

Open to individual belief and interpretation

Question 26

Mysticism reform Jews

Answer 26

Mysticism is not emphasised focus on rational and ethical beliefs