Did Jews ‘borrow’ the idea afterlife? New study answers
In the Hebrew Bible, the term Sheol is the shadowy abode of the dead. It is often depicted as “down below,” silent, and without active praise of God.
The authors describe a shift “from the almost ‘materialistic’ idea of the early Israeli society to the belief in life beyond the grave and the resurrection of the dead…"(photo credit: OpenAI)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
