page_title: Death (personification)
section_title: In Judaism
hierarchical_section_title: Death (personification) / In Abrahamic religions / In Judaism
caption_attribution_description: Carlos Schwabe &#160;(1866&#8211;1926)&#160;&#160;Alternative names Emile Martin Charles Schwabe; Emile-Martin-Charles Schwabe; Carloz Schwabe; Carlos Schwab; Martin SchwabeDescriptionGerman painter, illustrator and designerDate of birth/death 21 July 1866&#160; 22 January 1926&#160;Location of birth/death English: Altona (Germany)Deutsch: Altona English: Avon, Seine-et-Marne (France)Deutsch: Avon, Seine-et-Marne (Frankreich)Work location Geneva; Paris&#160;Authority control : Q694113 VIAF:&#8201;32031144 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0000 8110 9550 ULAN:&#8201;500112162 LCCN:&#8201;nr89002918 Open Library:&#8201;OL1982345A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q694113
context_page_description: Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper causes the victim's death by coming to collect that person's soul. Other beliefs hold that the Spectre of Death is only a psychopomp, serving to sever the last ties between the soul and the body, and to guide the deceased to the afterlife, without having any control over when or how the victim dies. Death is most often personified in male form, although in certain cultures Death is perceived as female.
context_section_description: In Hebrew scriptures, Death ("Maweth/Mavet(h)") is sometimes personified as a devil or angel of death (e.g., Habakkuk 2:5; Job 18:13). In both the Book of Hosea and the Book of Jeremiah, Maweth/Mot is mentioned as a deity to whom Yahweh can turn over Judah as punishment for worshiping other gods. The memitim are a type of angel from biblical lore associated with the mediation over the lives of the dying. The name is derived from the Hebrew word mĕmītǐm (מְמִיתִים – "executioners", "slayers", "destroyers") and refers to angels that brought about the destruction of those whom the guardian angels no longer protected. While there may be some debate among religious scholars regarding the exact nature of the memitim, it is generally accepted that, as described in the Book of Job 33:22, they are killers of some sort.
caption: La mort du fossoyeur (Death of the gravedigger) by Carlos Schwabe
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