Abstract

This chapter examines the Jewish paradigm, looking at ancient Israel, the impact of Hellenism, Palestinian Judaism, the rabbinic tradition, and the influence on Christianity. A Jewish idea of blessed immortality is first encountered in Hellenistic Judaism. The author of the Book of Wisdom is the first Jewish writer to conceive of human fulfilment in terms of the destiny of the immortal soul. This approach is taken much further by Philo of Alexandria with the help of Platonism. Philo identifies four different ways in which the soul ascends to God: religious, philosophical, ethical, and mystical.

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