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Originally Posted by Shim
I am interested in whether or not reincarnation is a credible belief, that is, according to tradition and/or whether it is explicitly mentioned in the Torah. Thanks for the lead RabbiO.
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Shim,
No, reincarnation is not explicitly mentioned in the Torah nor the rest of the Tanakh. For that matter there are in Jewish scripture perhaps three mentions regarding resurrection and very little, with the exception of the story of the diviner of Endor and Saul, to suggest that there is a soul separate from the body.
You might find interesting a book by Rabbi Neil Gillman, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary,
The Death of Death (Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought). If you read it you should remember that Rabbi Gillman expresses A Jewish viewpoint because there is no one position that can lay complete claim to being THE Jewish viewpoint.
B'shalom,
Peter