This calendar year, I’m reading through the Bible and taking informal notes on the readings. Since we so often read verses and passages of the Bible without appreciating context, I’m especially focusing on the overall narrative and connections among passages.
As you study the Tanakh/Old Testament, you realize there's not much about the afterlife, whereas the subject becomes more prominent in the New Testament. I was going to delve into the differences between Judaism and Christianity on the afterlife, but I found three online articles instead. Although the promise of eternal life is precious, I also appreciate the emphasis in Judaism on doing good here and now.
Within the next week, I'll start taking notes about the Gospels.
http://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm
http://www.pyracantha.com/Z/zjc3.html
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heaven-hell/
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