Jewish

• Believe in life after death as it’s the classical Jewish tradition theres teachings of life and death
• The teachings include that humans have a soul and it’ll return to God one day
• Other teachings suggests future judgment when some will be rewarded and others punished
• Mishnah contains -

  recorded debates and judgments that include issues of life after death

  • Maimonides outlined Thirteen Principles of Faith for Jews
• Jews believe the afterlife is dependent on how they live their life on Earth
• They believe God will judge them

  lived good life = heaven

  lived sinful life = hell
• Sheol -

  Early Jews believed after death they’d descend to a dark place called Sheol
• Gan Eden and Gehenna -

  • further teachings developed
  • included the teachings of Gan eden and GeHanna
  • sheol became a place of purification or Waiting before they were sent to Gan Eden or completely destroyed
• Olam Ha- Ba

  • around the time of Pharisees + early rabbis teachings of after life were developed further
  • Early rabbis taught - if lived according to Halakhah , you’d be rewarded in a world to come - Olam Ha-Ba in Hebrew
• Later teachings included the idea of judgment would happen after the coming of Mashiach (messiah)
• Judaism teaches it’s important how the person lives and good deeds should be done for their own sake
• Punishment or reward :

  • believe that there will
  • be punishment or reward for the way they have lived
  • no clear teaching on how exactly heaven or hell is like
• resurrection -

  some Jews believe the soul and body would reunite when the Messiah comes
• Immortality of the soul -

  some believe the soul would be eternal