The Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body
Biblical shifts and developments
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The blessings of God are attended for a people
'That it may go well with you and with your children after you for ever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God'
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This belief continues in prophetic texts
My spirit which is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your children, or out of the mouth of your children’s children
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Prophetic challenges
As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins shall die
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Implications of this traditional speech
After death, everyone – good and bad alike – descended to Sheol, the abode of the dead. Palms 88
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The persecution of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid King (second century BCE):
The Maccabean revolt resulted in Jewish independence, and the Hasmonean dynasty ruled until Roman occupation in 63BCE.
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The Immortality of the Soul
A time of controversy
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Debate in New Testament Texts
On the passing of reward/punishment: 'Who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?' And the Sadducees on the impossibility of ressurection: Who's wife will she be in resurrection? For all seven brothers had her as a wife
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Controversy when Jews encountered non-Jews
'When they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked but others said "we will hear you again about this". So Paul came out from among them.'
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Controversy within Christian communities
'Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead' - Corinthians
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The Immortality of the Soul
Death, the body and the Soul
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The immorality of the Soul in Plato
A dualism of the Body and the Soul. Plato's theory of remembering and Death as freeing of the soul from the body.
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Death
Socrates is the best philosopher because not only does he teach people to relearn but also how to die. Jesus does not meet death in this way. He is afraid, he asks his closest followers to pray for him.
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Cullman
Salvation as victory over death; salvation as new creation
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Cullman: Salvation as victory over death
Jesus dies but God brings him back so death does not have the ultimate victory.
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Cullman: Salvation as new creation
Has problems w/ immortality of soul because then matter is the problem not death
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Novak
Agrees this is a thoroughly Jewish account and stresses the unitive of the soul In Judiasm
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Novak: This is a thoroughly Jewish account
Resurrection is the resurrection of the physical body and not the immortality of the soul.
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Novak: Stresses the unitive of the soul in Judiasm
Not a separate substance temporarily attached to the body but as the body’s capacity for action, even in relation to God who is not a body. The body is ensouled as the soul is embodied.
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Migilore
The belief in the immortality of the soul and christians hope
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Migilore: The belief in the immortality of the soul
The view that human life is separate from mortal, corruptible body it temporarily inhabits. The problem with immortality of the soul is that it lessens the importance of act of God and his acts with humans
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Migilore: Christian hope
The resurrection as gift of God analogous to the sheer gift of creation at the beginning and recolation in Christ
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
'That it may go well with you and with your children after you for ever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God'
Back
The blessings of God are attended for a people
Card 3
Front
My spirit which is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your children, or out of the mouth of your children’s children
Back
Card 4
Front
As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins shall die
Back
Card 5
Front
After death, everyone – good and bad alike – descended to Sheol, the abode of the dead. Palms 88
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