they see here a reference to a universal resurrection. However, the following preposition (min) is most naturally taken in its partitive sense, implying that only some of those who sleep will awake. The context (11:33–35; 12:3) would suggest that these are the martyred faithful Jews. They will enjoy ‘everlasting life’. This is the only time the expression occurs in the HB. Others, presumably their persecutors, face ‘everlasting abhorrence’. There is no doubt an allusion here to Is. 66:24, the only