Toward a History of Jewish Thought

Toward a History of Jewish Thought
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 456
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ISBN-10 : 9781532693052
ISBN-13 : 1532693052
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Download or read book Toward a History of Jewish Thought written by Zachary Alan Starr and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work is a history of Jewish beliefs regarding the concept of the soul, the idea of resurrection, and the nature of the afterlife. The work describes these beliefs, accounts for the origin of these beliefs, discusses the ways in which these beliefs have evolved, and explains why the many changes in belief have occurred. Views about the soul, resurrection, and the afterlife are related to other Jewish views and to broad movements in Jewish thought; and Jewish intellectual history is placed within the context of the history of Western thought in general. That history begins with the biblical period and extends to the present time.


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