Jewish Views of the Afterlife

In the third edition of Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Rabbi Simcha Paull Raphael walks readers through the Jewish tradition of the afterlife while providing insights into spiritual care with dying and grieving individuals and families.

List of contents

Foreword to the First Edition, by Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi

Foreword to the Third Edition, by Arthur Green

Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

1 A Personal Journey

2 Is There Afterlife after Auschwitz?

3 Biblical Roots of Jewish Views of the Afterlife

4 Tours of Heaven and Hell in Apocryphal Literature

5 The World to Come in Rabbinic Judaism

6 Visionary Tours of the Afterlife in Medieval Midrash

7 Immortality of the Soul in Medieval Philosophy

8 The Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Kabbalah

9 Death and the Afterlife in Hasidic Tales

10 Spirits, Ghosts, and Dybbuks in Yiddish Literature

11 A Contemporary Psychological Model of the Afterlife

12 Afterlife and the Renewal of Jewish Death Rituals

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

About the author

By Simcha Paull Raphael

Summary

In the third edition of Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Rabbi Simcha Paull Raphael walks readers through the Jewish tradition of the afterlife while providing insights into spiritual care with dying and grieving individuals and families.

Product details

• Authors: Simcha Raphael, Simcha Paull Raphael, Raphael Simcha Paull
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781538103449
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0344-9
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, Judaism: life and practice, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Judaism: worship, rites & ceremonies