عنوان

The New Life of the Good Souls in Josephus:

شماره

LA119048

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The New Life of the Good Souls in Josephus:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Resurrection or Reincarnation?

نام نخستين پديدآور

Sami Yli-Karjanmaa

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This study examines four Josephan passages discussing souls entering a new body or life. It argues that research on this issue can be advanced from the conclusion by several scholars that despite the language of reincarnation it is really the belief in resurrection that underlies Josephus's accounts. The key findings include: Josephus does not directly characterize the new life as a reward, and the fact that its recipients are good souls does not contradict reincarnation. The descriptions of the new body in b.j. are in all respects easier to reconcile with reincarnation than resurrection. The expression ἐκ περιτροπῆς (αἰώνων) is best understood as referring to (cyclical) recurrence. The Josephan version of re-embodiment that emerges has many exact similarities with accounts of reincarnation but only a few general ones with resurrection. The thesis that Josephus's real referent is resurrection is implausible. This study examines four Josephan passages discussing souls entering a new body or life. It argues that research on this issue can be advanced from the conclusion by several scholars that despite the language of reincarnation it is really the belief in resurrection that underlies Josephus's accounts. The key findings include: Josephus does not directly characterize the new life as a reward, and the fact that its recipients are good souls does not contradict reincarnation. The descriptions of the new body in b.j. are in all respects easier to reconcile with reincarnation than resurrection. The expression ἐκ περιτροπῆς (αἰώνων) is best understood as referring to (cyclical) recurrence. The Josephan version of re-embodiment that emerges has many exact similarities with accounts of reincarnation but only a few general ones with resurrection. The thesis that Josephus's real referent is resurrection is implausible.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

506-530

عنوان

Journal for the Study of Judaism

شماره جلد

48/4-5

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0631

اصطلاح موضوعی

afterlife

اصطلاح موضوعی

body

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

Jewish Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Josephus

اصطلاح موضوعی

Plato

اصطلاح موضوعی

reincarnation

اصطلاح موضوعی

resurrection

اصطلاح موضوعی

soul

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Sami Yli-Karjanmaa

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700631-12340154

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y