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Gillman, a professor of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary, takes on death, at least as an intellectual exercise, and offers an interesting survey of the topic in the context of Jewish religious thought. Starting in the Garden of Eden, Gillman examines the various ways Judaism, a religion often thought to be concerned exclusively with living, has dealt with the matter of dying. Throughout, Gillman compares and contrasts the doctrines of bodily resurrection and spiritual immortality, whose competition for preeminence has caused tension in the ring of Jewish eschatology. Gillman's writing style is workmanlike, but his organization and knowledge of history are excellent, making this a good starting point for anyone interested in the topic. His own personal conclusion--a belief in bodily resurrection--makes for an intriguing summation. Ilene Cooper
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The Death Of Death explores the original and compelling argument that Judaism (a religion often thought to pay littler attention to the afterlife) not only offers rich ideas on this subject, but actually delivers a deathblow to death itself. By exploring Jewish thought about death and the afterlife, The Death Of Death presents the reader with fascinating and challenging new ideas about life. Author Neil Gillman combines astute scholarship with keen historical, theological and liturgical insights as he outlines the evolution of Jewish thought about bodily resurrection and spiritual immortality. Beginning with the near-silence of the Bible on the afterlife, Gillman traces the development of these two doctrines through Jewish history. The Death Of Death is an innovative and personal synthesis creating a strikingly modern statement on resurrection and immortality, the meaning of life and the meaning of death, from the perspective of Judaism.
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Gillman, a professor of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary, takes on death, at least as an intellectual exercise, and offers an interesting survey of the topic in the context of Jewish religious thought. Starting in the Garden of Eden, Gillman examines the various ways Judaism, a religion often thought to be concerned exclusively with living, has dealt with the matter of dying. Throughout, Gillman compares and contrasts the doctrines of bodily resurrection and spiritual immortality, whose competition for preeminence has caused tension in the ring of Jewish eschatology. Gillman's writing style is workmanlike, but his organization and knowledge of history are excellent, making this a good starting point for anyone interested in the topic. His own personal conclusion--a belief in bodily resurrection--makes for an intriguing summation. Ilene Cooper
Midwest Book Review
The Death Of Death explores the original and compelling argument that Judaism (a religion often thought to pay littler attention to the afterlife) not only offers rich ideas on this subject, but actually delivers a deathblow to death itself. By exploring Jewish thought about death and the afterlife, The Death Of Death presents the reader with fascinating and challenging new ideas about life. Author Neil Gillman combines astute scholarship with keen historical, theological and liturgical insights as he outlines the evolution of Jewish thought about bodily resurrection and spiritual immortality. Beginning with the near-silence of the Bible on the afterlife, Gillman traces the development of these two doctrines through Jewish history. The Death Of Death is an innovative and personal synthesis creating a strikingly modern statement on resurrection and immortality, the meaning of life and the meaning of death, from the perspective of Judaism.
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