A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
The belief that the *dead will be raised. Although there is no doctrine of resurrection in the *Bible, by *talmudic times the belief in the resurrection of the dead had become an important tenet of the Jewish faith.
It was never accepted by the *Sadducees, but it was preached by the *Pharisees and was incorporated into the *synagogue *liturgy. The precise details and chronology are not exactly clear, but it is believed that the resurrection will take place ‘in the days of the *messiah’. *Maimonides incorporated the doctrine in his *Principles of the Jewish faith, although there is some doubt as to whether he believed in the literal resurrection of the body. *Progressive Judaism has largely abandoned the belief preferring the doctrine of the immortality of the *soul.
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