The death of death :

Gillman, Neil.

The death of death : resurrection and immortality in Jewish thought / Neil Gillman. - Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights, c1997. - 318 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-307) and index.

Contents: The eschatological impulse --
The origins of death --
Death in the Bible --
Judaism on the afterlife : the early sources --
The canonization of a doctrine --
Maimonides : the triumph of the spiritual --
The mystical journey of the soul --
The encounter with modernity --
The return to resurrection --
What do I believe?

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Death--Religious aspects--Judaism--History of doctrines.
Future life--Judaism--History of doctrines.
Judaism--Doctrines.

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