Judaism In the Hebrew Bible, the word for "heavens" is shamayim. This is plural – it means "heavens", not "heaven" – but seems nevertheless to have a singular meaning: i.e., the older parts of the bible speak of "heavens" in the plural and Nehemiah 9:6 says, "... You made the heavens, even the highest heavens..."In the Christian bible, II Corinthians 12:2 says, "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven..." Shamayim also meant "sky", the atmosphere, as it does in modern English. The blue dome of the sky was called the raqia, or "firmament". Heaven was the realm of God, Earth of mankind, and the underworld was for the dead, and travel between them was generally impossible, although God and his messengers frequently appear on Earth and the dead can be summoned up from the underworld as the Witch of Endor summons the shade of Samuel.
Judaism Heaven in Judaism was the realm of God, Earth of mankind, and the underworld was for the dead, and travel between them was generally impossible, although God and his messengers frequently appear on Earth and the dead can be summoned up from the underworld as the Witch of Endor summons the shade of Samuel.
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In the Hebrew Bible, the word for "heavens" is shamayim. This is plural – it means "heavens", not "heaven" – but seems nevertheless to have a singular meaning: i.e., the older parts of the bible speak of "heavens" in the plural and Nehemiah 9:6 says, "... You made the heavens, even the highest heavens..."In the Christian bible, II Corinthians 12:2 says, "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven..." Shamayim also meant "sky", the atmosphere, as it does in modern English. The blue dome of the sky was called the raqia, or "firmament". Heaven
Heaven in Judaism