Source: Times of Israel
The Talmud is mystified too: “Cleopatra the queen asked Rebbi Meir, ‘I can understand that dead people can be brought back to life, but will I come back with my clothes on or without them?’” No fashionista like Cleopatra would want to be brought back to life wearing clothes that were out of fashion. If it was meant literally, then of course we might wonder about the details. Do we come back as adults or babies? With plastic surgery, false teeth or limbs? Given that our bodies are constantly changing, growing, and decaying, at what stage of life? Or will we just rise from our graves as we were when buried? And what about all those thousands and millions of faithful Jews who were burnt to a cinder?
The Talmud, is divided. There are those who see resurrection as a national state, as the Prophet Ezekiel does, a nation reborn. Some rabbis said and resurrection was a “mashal,” a metaphor, a message that there is always hope and one should never give up hope — for cures, for rain, for life. Others say it means some miraculous intervention, an affirmation that there are forces, a force, in this world beyond our science and beyond our comprehension. Some people simply take it at face value and ask no questions. But that can be dangerous, particularly if you are a teacher.
Categories: Asia, Israel, Jewish Faith, Judaism
Good to read this. There is very thin hairline, differentiating between philosopher like you and a man who has connection to living God. Regrettably you did not consult Holy Quran, which one or the other way narrates numerous attractions for good deed people after death. Journalistic honesty otherwise demands when you discuss a religious topic should cover aspects from all angles.
Disbelief in life after death sounds insane idea. One can sense prevalent of reward and punishment in whole universe. How the best creature can be void of it.