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Death and the Afterlife: Biblical Perspectives on Ultimate Questions is unavailable, but you can change that!

Significant aspects of death and the afterlife continue to be debated among evangelical Christians. In this NSBT volume Paul Williamson surveys the perspectives of our contemporary culture and the biblical world, and then highlights the traditional understanding of the biblical teaching and the issues over which evangelicals have become increasingly polarized. Subsequent chapters explore the...

at least some of what the author says in chapter 3 is distinctively Jewish. Nichols (2010: 28–29),44 for example, underlines the emphasis on God’s grace and human worthiness, rather than natural immortality. Following Tom Wright, he also notes the possible allusion to bodily resurrection and future judgment in the following lines: In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will rule
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