The Jewish idea of resurrection

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The idea of resurrection came from Judaism first AFAIK- I do not know or cannot remember if non Abrahamic faiths have the idea or not
I appreciate this little article:

Including and especially the statement in the third paragraph:
"In the words of our sages, "G‑d does not deprive any creature of its due." There are no loose strings in G‑d's creation: ultimately, all good must be rewarded, all negative must be corrected."

This is beautiful, this sounds so right.
Is this specific thought commonly discussed in Judaism? Mentioned in sermons, brought up in philosophical debates etc?
 
TheLightWithin said:
The idea of resurrection came from Judaism first AFAIK- I do not know or cannot remember if non Abrahamic faiths have the idea or not
I appreciate this little article:

Including and especially the statement in the third paragraph:
"In the words of our sages, "G‑d does not deprive any creature of its due." There are no loose strings in G‑d's creation: ultimately, all good must be rewarded, all negative must be corrected."

This is beautiful, this sounds so right.
Is this specific thought commonly discussed in Judaism? Mentioned in sermons, brought up in philosophical debates etc?
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I think that for any practising Jew, these thoughts( also called Tikun olam ) are present throughout their day, since it is in their prayers that they recite 3 times a day.

From my early years, I remember the Amidah section rom the daily prayers, i.e morning, afternoon and evening.

He sustains the living with loving kindness, resurrects the dead with great mercy, supports the falling, heals the sick, releases the bound, and fulfills His trust to those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, mighty One! And who can be compared to You, King, who brings death and restores life, and causes deliverance to spring forth!

Complete prayer at https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/867674/jewish/Translation.htm
also

Tikkun olam - Wikipedia

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TheLightWithin said:
The idea of resurrection came from Judaism first AFAIK- I do not know or cannot remember if non Abrahamic faiths have the idea or not
I appreciate this little article:
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The idea of resurrection likely developed in Zoroastrian circles first in my opinion.

See the following:

The arguments for connecting the Jewish developments in the field of eschatology to an Iranian influence can be set forth as follows. There was no doctrine of Jewish eschatology up to the end of the Old Testament period—neither individual judgment nor universal judgment. There was no notion of heaven and hell, nor a description of a reconstitution of the world after its dissolution at the end of time. There seems also to have been no idea of a systematic and universal raising of the dead at the end of times to undergo judgment, reward, and punishment. All these appear rather abruptly in Jewish writings that were composed during the last two centuries B.C.E. and subsequently in Christian writings. Since this was a period that followed a long Persian dominion in Palestine and an even longer period during which a substantial Jewish Diaspora had lived continuously in Mesopotamia and Persia, the emergence of a fully developed eschatology in Jewish circles, and one that displays such great resemblance to the complex of Persian ideas, cannot be a coincidence and must be explained as a result of contact between the two cultures. It seems rather unlikely that these ideas were originally developed among Jews, and that they were borrowed by the Persians, who constituted the dominant culture. The many eschatological allusions in the Gāθās and in the Younger Avesta, although they are not always entirely unequivocal, seem to guarantee a certain measure of antiquity and continuity to these ideas in Persia, while we lack similar indices in Judaism. The strong dualistic character of Jewish eschatology seems also to suggest the likelihood of a borrowing from Iran. Zoroastrian eschatology seems to possess a certain coherence and structure, given the large role that the dichotomy between the notions of mēnōg and gētīg plays in it. This can explain many of the duplications in the narrative, while no similar mechanism is available in the complex of eschatological notions in Judaism. The influence of Persian ideas is particularly easy to show in many details where there is great similarity between some of the rabbinic writings and the Zoroastrian books; for example, it is possible to cite the discussions of the spirits accompanying the soul on its journey or of the fate of people whose virtues and sins are equal (cf. Böklen, pp. 40 ff.). One late Jewish midrash, called “The Ascension of Moses” is built very much like the Ardā Wirāz-nāmag. It exists in several different Hebrew versions and also in a Judaeo-Persian one (a study and edition of the Judaeo-Persian text is in Netzer; for a selection of scholarly discussions of this problem see Böklen; Winston; Shaked, 1971; Hultgård; and, against the assumption of Persian influence on Judaism, König).
 
TheLightWithin said:
The idea of resurrection came from Judaism first AFAIK- I do not know or cannot remember if non Abrahamic faiths have the idea or not
I appreciate this little article:

Including and especially the statement in the third paragraph:
"In the words of our sages, "G‑d does not deprive any creature of its due." There are no loose strings in G‑d's creation: ultimately, all good must be rewarded, all negative must be corrected."

This is beautiful, this sounds so right.
Is this specific thought commonly discussed in Judaism? Mentioned in sermons, brought up in philosophical debates etc?
Click to expand...
I think it is rare to find any faith or spiritual philosophy,practice,that does not hold to a life after death ideology.

We're self-absorbed ego centric individuals. Self,forever,is part of that.
 
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