The U.S. Needs a Plan B for Iran
If the ayatollahs don’t want to return to the nuclear deal—then what?
August 5, 2021
Resurrection in the Bible and Talmud, and Its Implications for God and Man
A professor speaks with a pastor.
Resurrection plays a central role in Christianity, but it is also a belief with a long pedigree in Judaism. In conversation with Pastor Cliff Sekowe, Jon D. Levenson explains the history of Jewish ideas of resurrection, from the prophet Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones and Daniel 12, through rabbinic Judaism and beyond. Among other topics, Levenson discusses what biblical resurrection implies about the Jewish view of God, the Hebrew Bible’s concept of human identity, and the difference between resurrection and the immortality of the soul. (Video, 62 minutes.)
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Resurrection in the Bible and Talmud, and Its Implications for God and Man
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