Starr, Toward a History of Jewish Thought: The Soul, Resurrection, and the Afterlife (Wipf & Stock)

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Toward a History of Jewish Thought
The Soul, Resurrection, and the Afterlife

by Zachary Alan Starr
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
456 Pages, 7.00 x 10.00 x 0.00 in

Paperback
9781532693052
Published: March 2020
$46.00 / £35.00 / AU$63.00

eBook
9781532693076
Published: March 2020
$46.00 / £33.00 / AU$71.00

Hardcover
9781532693069
Published: March 2020
$65.00 / £49.00 / AU$88.00

DESCRIPTION

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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