Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. 1 The Modern Jewish Preference for Immortality 1
7. 2 Resurrection in the Torah? 23
8. 3 Up from Sheol 35
9. 4 Are Abraham, Moses, and Job in Sheol? 67
10. 5 Intimations of Immortality 82
11. 6 Individual Mortality and Familial Resurrection 108
12. 7 The Man of God Performs a Resurrection 123
13. 8 ‘‘Death—Be Broken!’’ 133
14. 9 The Widow Re-Wed, Her Children Restored 142
15. 10 Israel’s Exodus from the Grave 156
16. 11 The Fact of Death and the Promise of Life 166
17. 12 ‘‘He Keeps Faith with Those Who Sleep in the Dust’’ 181
18. 13 God’s Ultimate Victory 201
19. 14 Epilogue: The Two Horns of the Ram217 217
20. Notes 231
21. Index of Ancient Sources 263
22. Index of Authors 273