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Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi |
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| Preface |
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1 | (10) |
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A Catalog of Images and Themes on the Afterlife |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (4) |
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Is There Afterlife After Auschwitz? |
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11 | (30) |
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Do Jews Believe in the Afterlife? |
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11 | (3) |
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The Premodern Jewish Legacy on the Afterlife |
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14 | (2) |
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What Happened to the Afterlife? |
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16 | (15) |
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Biblical Judaism's Inherent Ambivalence toward the Afterlife |
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16 | (2) |
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Eschatology: Individual and Collective |
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18 | (2) |
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The Influence of Moses Maimonides |
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20 | (2) |
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Rationalism, Psychoanalysis, and Death of the Afterlife |
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22 | (4) |
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The Influence of Christianity |
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26 | (3) |
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Is There Afterlife after Auschawitz? |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (10) |
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The Jewish Renewal Movement |
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31 | (4) |
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Thanatology: The Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying |
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35 | (3) |
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Kubler-Ross, the Holocaust, and a New Jewish Vision of the Afterlife |
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38 | (3) |
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Biblical Roots of Jewish Views of the Afterlife |
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41 | (36) |
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41 | (2) |
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The Early Biblical Period |
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43 | (8) |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (2) |
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Funerary Practices: Bamot |
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48 | (1) |
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Funerary Practices: Teraphim |
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49 | (1) |
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Necromancy, Ob, and Familiar Spirits |
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50 | (1) |
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Sheol-The Afterlife Philosophy of Israelite Religion |
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51 | (6) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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Abbadon, Bor, and Shakhat |
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53 | (2) |
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The Inhabitants of Sheol: The Rephaim |
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55 | (1) |
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Sheol, Nefesh Met, and the Biblical Conception of Death |
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56 | (1) |
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The Transition to YHVH's Monotheism |
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57 | (7) |
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Monotheism and Changing Conceptions of Sheol |
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57 | (1) |
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YHVH's Power Extends to Sheol |
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58 | (1) |
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Sheol: A Land of Forgetfulness and a Realm of Silence |
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59 | (1) |
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Sheol Becomes a Realm of Postmortem Retribution |
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60 | (1) |
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Retribution and Individual Responsibility |
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61 | (2) |
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The Dawning of an Individual Immortality |
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63 | (1) |
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Collective Eschatology and the End-of-Days |
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64 | (4) |
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64 | (1) |
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Prophetic Visions of the Future: Nationalistic and Universal |
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65 | (1) |
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Conceptions of Divine Judgment |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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Resurrection-The Synthesis of Individual and Collective Eschatology |
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68 | (6) |
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68 | (1) |
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National Resurrection in Ezekiel |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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The Importance of Resurrection in Jewish Eschatology |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (3) |
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Tours of Heaven and Hell in Apocryphal Literature |
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77 | (40) |
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77 | (5) |
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Relationship to Biblical Conceptions of Afterlife |
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82 | (2) |
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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch) |
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84 | (10) |
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The Enochic Traditions within Judaism |
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84 | (2) |
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Sheol as a Punitive Realm for the Wicked |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (1) |
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Sheol as a Realm of Torturous Punishment |
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89 | (1) |
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Other Images of Gehenna/Sheol |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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The World That Is to Become |
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92 | (1) |
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Significance of 1 Enoch in the Evolution of Jewish Afterlife Beliefs |
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93 | (1) |
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2 Enoch-The Book of the Secrets of Enoch |
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94 | (3) |
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3 Enoch, or the Hebrew Book of Enoch |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (3) |
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Individual Immortality in Apocryphal Literature |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (4) |
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Divine Last Judgment of the Nations |
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105 | (1) |
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Divine Last Judgment of the Righteous and the Wicked |
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105 | (1) |
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Judgment of the Individual and the Recording of Human Deeds |
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106 | (2) |
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Divine Judgment before a Heavenly Court of Law |
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108 | (1) |
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Individual and Collective Judgment Synthesized |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (5) |
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109 | (1) |
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2 Maccabees: Resurrection of Fallen Israelites |
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110 | (1) |
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Resurrection of All Humanity/Resurrection of the Righteous |
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111 | (1) |
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1 Enoch: Resurrection of the Righteous |
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112 | (2) |
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Resurrection within the Postmortem Scheme of Jewish Life in the Apocryphal Era |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (3) |
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The World to Come in Rabbinic Judaism |
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117 | (46) |
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117 | (4) |
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Olam Ha-Ba/The World to Come-Varying Conceptions |
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121 | (9) |
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This World/The World to Come |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (2) |
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Olam Ha-Ba and the End-of-Days |
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125 | (2) |
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Olam Ha-Ba as a Postmortem Realm |
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127 | (2) |
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Divine Judgment and Olam Ha-Ba |
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129 | (1) |
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Phenomena of the After-Death Journey |
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130 | (6) |
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The Moment of Death, and Beyond |
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130 | (2) |
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The Postmortem Life Review |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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Other Angels Encountered at the Time of Death |
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135 | (1) |
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Fate of the Dead in the Grave |
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136 | (4) |
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136 | (1) |
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Are the Dead Aware of the Living? |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (1) |
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Experiences of the Soul in the Days Following Death |
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139 | (1) |
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Gehenna-The Realm of Postmortem Punishment |
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140 | (9) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Gehenna and the Ethical Worldview of Rabbinic Judaism |
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142 | (2) |
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Duration of Punishment in Gehenna |
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144 | (1) |
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Diverse Characteristics of Gehenna |
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145 | (4) |
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149 | (7) |
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The Location and Creation of Gan Eden |
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149 | (2) |
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Gan Eden: Messianic or Postmortem? |
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151 | (2) |
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Mythic Descriptions of Gan Eden |
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153 | (1) |
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Beyond Gan Eden: The Divine Treasury of Souls |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (4) |
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Resurrection-A Fundamental Rabbinic Doctrine |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (2) |
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Resurrection and the Immortality of the Soul |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (3) |
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Visionary Tours of the Afterlife in Medieval Midrash |
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163 | (72) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (7) |
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``Philosophical Introduction'' to Hibbut Ha-Kever |
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167 | (2) |
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Rabbi Isaac ben Parnach mi Gehinnom (Preamble to Masekhet Hibbut Ha-Kever) |
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169 | (2) |
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Masekhet Hibbut Ha-Kever-``Tractate of the Pangs of the Grave'' |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (11) |
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Masekhet Gehinnom-``Tractate of Gehinnom'' |
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175 | (2) |
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Masekhet Gehinnom-``Tractate of Gehinnom'' (continued) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (2) |
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Rabbi Joshua ben Levi and the Seven Compartments of Gehinnom |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (22) |
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Masekhet Gan Eden-``Tractate of Gan Eden'' (``The Gates of Gan Eden'') |
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186 | (2) |
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Rabbi Joshua ben Levi and the Seven Compartments of Gan Eden (Maaseh de R. Joshua ben Levi) |
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188 | (4) |
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Life in Gan Eden on the Sabbath (Seder Gan Eden) |
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192 | (1) |
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Gan Eden and the World to Come (Seder Gan Eden) |
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193 | (13) |
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206 | (26) |
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Gedulat Moshe-``The Revelation Of Moses'' |
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207 | (11) |
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Immanuel ben Solomon of Rome-Ha-Tophet V'Ha-Eden |
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218 | (14) |
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232 | (3) |
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Immortality of the Soul in Medieval Philosophy |
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235 | (38) |
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235 | (1) |
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Character of Medieval Writings on the Afterlife |
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236 | (1) |
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Medieval Treatises on Immortality |
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237 | (1) |
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The Afterlife Philosophy of Saadia Gaon |
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238 | (6) |
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Introduction-The Life and Work of Saadia Gaon |
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238 | (2) |
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Saadia's Philosophy of the Soul |
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240 | (2) |
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Reward and Punishment in Emunot Ve-Daot |
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242 | (2) |
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Resurrection and Reincarnation in Emunot Ve-Daot |
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244 | (1) |
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The Afterlife Philosophy of Moses Maimonides |
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244 | (14) |
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Introduction: The Life and Work of Maimonides |
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244 | (2) |
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Perek Helek: Eschatological Views at the Time of Maimonides |
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246 | (3) |
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Perek Helek: The Immortal Spiritual World of Olam Ha-Ba |
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249 | (2) |
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Perek Helek: Olam Ha-Ba and Divine Retribution |
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251 | (2) |
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Mishneh Torah: Hilkhot Teshuvah (``Laws of Repentance'') |
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253 | (2) |
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Maimonides' ``Treatise on Resurrection'' |
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255 | (2) |
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Maimonides-Individual or Collective Eschatology? |
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257 | (1) |
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The Afterlife Philosophy of Gersonides |
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258 | (4) |
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Introduction-The Life and Work of Gersonides |
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258 | (2) |
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Immortality of the Soul in Milhamot Ha-Shem |
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260 | (2) |
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The Afterlife Philosophy of Nahmanides |
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262 | (8) |
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Introduction-The Life and Work of Nahmanides |
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262 | (1) |
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Nahmanides on Divine Judgment |
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263 | (1) |
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The Fate of the Soul in Gehenna |
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264 | (2) |
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Distinction between Gan Eden and the World to Come |
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266 | (2) |
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The World to Come and the World of Souls |
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268 | (2) |
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Nahmanides' Role in the Evolution of Jewish Afterlife Teachings |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (3) |
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The Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Kabbalah |
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273 | (56) |
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273 | (3) |
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276 | (2) |
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Kabbalistic Philosophy of the Soul |
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278 | (4) |
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A Tripartite Model of the Soul |
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278 | (1) |
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Unity of Nefesh, Ruah, and Neshamah |
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279 | (1) |
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A Fivefold Model of the Soul |
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280 | (1) |
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The Postmortem Fate of the Soul |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (4) |
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Ethical Basis of Afterlife Views in the Zohar |
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282 | (2) |
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Seven Occasions for Divine Judgment |
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284 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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Judgment on the Day of Death |
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286 | (1) |
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Dying and the Visions of the Deathbed |
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286 | (5) |
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286 | (1) |
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Supernal Visions of the Deathbed |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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Visions of the Angel of Death |
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289 | (1) |
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Visions of Deceased Relatives and Friends |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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Departure of the Soul from the Physical Body |
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291 | (7) |
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291 | (2) |
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Separation of Body and Soul |
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293 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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Decomposition of the Body |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (10) |
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298 | (1) |
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Dumah and the Attendants of Gehenna |
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299 | (2) |
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Gehenna as Purgation and Purification |
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301 | (2) |
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Punishment in Gehenna-Finite or Eternal? |
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303 | (3) |
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Further Antidotes to Postmortem Punishment |
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306 | (1) |
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Sabbath: A Day of Rest in Gehenna |
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307 | (1) |
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From Gehenna to Lower Gan Eden |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (6) |
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308 | (1) |
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Souls of the Righteous Are in Gan Eden |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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Tzror Ha-Hayyim-Return to the Source |
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313 | (1) |
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Gilgul-The Kabbalistic Doctrine of Reincarnation |
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314 | (7) |
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Reincarnation-A Jewish Belief |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (3) |
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317 | (1) |
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Transmigration into Animal Bodies |
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318 | (1) |
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Gilgul for the Purpose of Fulfilling the Mitzvot |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (3) |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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Dybbuk: Malevolent Possession |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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Exorcism of a Dybbuk in Lurianic Kabbalah |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (2) |
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324 | (1) |
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Resurrection of a Spiritualized Body |
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325 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (3) |
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Death and the Afterlife in Hasidic Tales |
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329 | (28) |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (1) |
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Hasidic Tales as Sources for Studying the Afterlife |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (2) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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Conscious Preparation for the Final Moment |
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335 | (1) |
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Ensuring a Peaceful Death |
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336 | (1) |
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336 | (3) |
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Precognition of One's Own Death |
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336 | (1) |
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Precognition of Another's Death |
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337 | (1) |
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Precognition of the Death of Another Rebbe |
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338 | (1) |
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The Rebbe's Deathbed Experiences |
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339 | (3) |
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339 | (1) |
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Transmission to Disciples |
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339 | (1) |
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The Baal Shem Tov's Death |
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340 | (1) |
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The Death of Reb Shlomo of Karlin |
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340 | (1) |
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The Death of Reb Mikhal of Zlotchov |
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341 | (1) |
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The Dying Rebbe: A Model for Conscious Transition |
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341 | (1) |
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Entering the Postmortem Realms |
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342 | (3) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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Judgment and Near-Death Experiences |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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The Rebbe Redeems Souls from Gehenna |
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345 | (3) |
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345 | (1) |
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Standing before Gehenna Unafraid |
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346 | (1) |
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Gehenna Preferred to Gilgul |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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Gan Eden-A Reflection of One's Own Consciousness |
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348 | (3) |
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Each Person Creates Their Own Gan Eden |
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348 | (1) |
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The Blaze and Ecstasy of Gan Eden |
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349 | (1) |
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Gan Eden Is in the Tannaim |
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349 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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Gan Eden for the Unlearned |
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350 | (1) |
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Gan Eden: An Evolutionary Journey |
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350 | (1) |
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Spirits and Souls on the Other Side |
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351 | (4) |
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Encounters with the Spirit World |
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351 | (1) |
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Visitation by the Soul of a Dead Grandfather |
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352 | (1) |
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The Rebbe Descends from Gan Eden |
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352 | (1) |
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Connection with the Rebbe Transcends Death |
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352 | (1) |
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Personal Relationships Continue after Death |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (2) |
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A Contemporary Psychological Model of the Afterlife |
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357 | (46) |
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Afterlife Teachings as a Reflection of Culture |
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357 | (2) |
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359 | (5) |
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359 | (1) |
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Tibetan Buddhist Bardo Teachings |
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360 | (1) |
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Transpersonal Psychology and the Afterlife |
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361 | (2) |
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A Kabbalistic-Psychological Cartography of the Afterlife |
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363 | (1) |
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Background-The Kabbalistic Framework |
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364 | (4) |
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A Structural Framework for Understanding the Afterlife |
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368 | (3) |
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371 | (10) |
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The Experience of the Clear Light-The River of Light |
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372 | (1) |
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The Encounter with Angelic Spirits and Deceased Relatives |
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373 | (3) |
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376 | (2) |
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The Dissolution of Elements |
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378 | (1) |
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Passing through the Tunnel-Rending the ``Silver Cord'' |
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379 | (2) |
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Hibbut Ha-Kever-Separation from the Physical Body |
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381 | (3) |
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Gehenna-Emotional Purification |
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384 | (4) |
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Lower Gan Eden-Final Completion of the Personality |
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388 | (2) |
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Upper Gan Eden-Heavenly Repose for the Soul |
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390 | (2) |
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Tzror Ha-Hayyim-Return to the Source |
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392 | (1) |
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392 | (2) |
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A Hasidic Tale on the Afterlife Journey of the Soul |
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394 | (5) |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (3) |
| Notes |
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403 | (40) |
| Bibliography |
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443 | (14) |
| Acknowledgments |
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457 | (2) |
| Index |
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