Immortality and the Unseen World - A Study in Old Testament Religion

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By: W. O. E. Oesterley
Full Length Audiobook Video

Oesterley describes the beliefs that pre-Christian Hebrews and Semites held regarding the afterlife and the immortal nature of humans. The nature, form and evolution of these beliefs are derived from the Tanakh (Old Testament), comparisons with the beliefs and mythologies of neighboring cultures, and archaeological finds. To develop a full study, additional beliefs of these people are also considered, including the beliefs of the constituent parts of humans; demonology, angelology, shades and the Satan; the home of the dead, ancestor worship, necromancy, and burial customs. Oesterley also hypothesizes on how primitive beliefs in immortality may have developed in pre-Christian times.

Summary by JoeD

Chapter 1 - Some preliminary considerations
Chapter 2 - The Old Testament teaching on the constituent parts of Man
Chapter 3 - The Demonology of the Semites
Chapter 4 - The Demonology of the Old Testament
Chapter 5 - The Angelology of the Old Testament
Chapter 6 - The Rephaim
Chapter 7 - Sheol, the place of the Departed
Chapter 8 - Ancestor-Worship and the cult of the Dead (I)
Chapter 9 - Ancestor-Worship and the cult of the Dead (II)
Chapter 10 - Necromancy
Chapter 11 part 1 - Mourning and burial customs
Chapter 11 part 2 - Mourning and burial customs
Chapter 12 - Immortality the normal lot of Man
Chapter 13 - The development of belief