Title: Resurrection and the restoration of Israel : the ultimate victory of the God of life /
Authors: Levenson, Jon Douglas.
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Resurrection (Jewish theology); Jews Restoration.
Abstract: This book explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead.
Contents: The modern Jewish preference for immortality -- Resurrection in the Torah? -- Up from Sheol -- Are Abraham, Moses, and Job in Sheol? -- Intimations of immortality -- Individual mortality and familial resurrection -- The man of God performs a resurrection -- "Death, be broken!" -- The widow re-wed, her children restored -- Israel's exodus from the grave -- The fact of death and the promise of life -- "He keeps faith with those who sleep in the dust" -- God's ultimate victory -- Epilogue: the two horns of the ram.