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Some biblical scholarship maintains that the Israelites didn't believe in the afterlife until after the Babylonian exile. Here Gavin Ortlund responds by pointing to various indications that the progression of Israelite beliefs about the afterlife was coherent.

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Did Early Israelites Believe in the Afterlife?

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Did Early Israelites Believe in the Afterlife?