Afterlife Flashcards
References of afterlife in tanaka ?
Very small (barely any)
What happens to the souls
They survive after death it’s conscious and can communicate with the living
Shady place talked about in Hebrew bible ?
Sheol where souls go down to after death
These souls await olam ha ha
Many contemporary Jews have embraced…
The idea that while «we don’t know» what happens when we die we should make the most after life
When is the after life mentioned in the tanakh
Never is
What does philo alexandandria (Jewish philosopher) think about life after death
He saw the remaining souls of the body after death as a main tenant of Jewish faith
Garden of Eden?
Where the righteous go after death
Gehenom
A place where the wicked go
What do mishnah and the talmud have in them
Metaphors about how the afterlife will be
Reform Jews take on life after death
The souls is eternal and will be resurrected
Reform Jews take on life after death
The souls is eternal and will be resurrected
Orthodox Jews take on the afterlife
Believe that the physical body will be resurrected
In the messianic age when the hood will rise from the dead
Orthodox views on centrality of after life
Central to belief and practice with a focus on olam ha ha and resurrection
Orthodox Jew views on olam ha ba
Literal spiritual world after death where the righteous dwell
Resurrection of the dead Orthodox Jew
Core belief in physical resurrection during the messianic age
Gan Eden and gehinnom Orthodox Jews
Literal places of reward (paradise) and temporary purification
Divine judgment Orthodox Jews
Judgement after death determining one’s fate in the afterlife
Personal interpretation Orthodox Jews
Fixed based on traditional texts and teachings
Mysticism Orthodox Jews
Mystical ideas including reincarnation are accepted by some
Centrality of afterlife reform Jews
Downplayed; emphasis on ethical living and justice in this world
Olam ha ba reform Jews
Often symbolic seen as legacy or spiritual continuation
Resurrection of the dead reform Jew
Generally rejected or interpreted symbolically
Gan Eden and gehinnom reform Jews
Not emphasised ; often seen as metaphorical or symbolic
Divine judgement reform Jews
Emphasis on ethical judgment in this life less focus on afterlife
