Quote:
|
Originally Posted by RabbiO
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
|
RabbiO,
Do you think that the diviner (medium) of Endor, (1 Sam. 28) is credible testimony, that is to say after we are given instruction received in: Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:12; Isaiah 8:19-20. Should we take into account these instructions before we believe that there is a soul separate from the body? since biblical law strictly forbids contacting spiritualist mediums?
One more thing, does this demonstrate God's foreknowledge? God had having turnt away from Saul in not answering his prayer, dreams, nor given any word through the Prophets. In the events of the following day, is this not just the outcome of what God had said would happen as a result from disobeying Him? (1 Chronicles 10:13-14).