Here Today, Here Tomorrow
Abstract
Explores various Jewish conceptions of an afterlife: immortality of the soul; resurrection; reincarnation; and the legacy concept—that immortality consists in one’s impact on the future. Working through a wide range of reasons for and against each position, the chapter notes the variety that exists in the kinds of reasons advanced. It then discusses whether an afterlife has value and why there is death.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Death
Funerary Practices
and Mourning
Biblical Studies and Interpretation
Study and Philosophy of Religion
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 172–200
- Publication date
- 29 January 2026
- Document type
- Book chapter