A guide to the AfterDeath: Maimonides on olam ha-ba'

This article analyses Moses Maimonides' account of the AfterDeath and, more specifically, of olam ha-ba' (lit.: the world to come), the state of ultimate human happiness and perfection (in contrast to this world). Maimonides is unequivocal about what olam ha-ba' is not. Contrary to a...

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Subtitles:"Death & Immortality"
Main Author: Stern, Josef 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2024
In: Religious studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Issue: S1, Pages: S74-S90
Further subjects:B Maimonides
B Soul music
B AfterDeath
B Intellect
B Scepticism
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