For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who can give you praise? (Psalm 6:5)
Philip Johnston examines Israelite views on death and afterlife as reflected in the Hebrew Bible and in material remains, and sets them in their cultural, literary and theological contexts. He argues in detail that the Israelites were not as preoccupied with the underworld or the dead as some scholars have recently alleged. Instead, their faith that Yahweh was the God of the living, and that Sheol was cut off from him, led eventually to the hope of a positive afterlife. This important study sheds fresh light on Israelite beliefs, in an area central to late Christian faith.
- ISBN10 0851112668
- ISBN13 9780851112664
- Publish Date 19 July 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher SPCK Publishing
- Imprint Apollos
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English