Topics > Death and Afterlife

General Articles and Essays

• “Deine Gnade ist besser als Leben” (Ps 63,4). Ausformungen der Grundkonstellation von Leben und Tod im alten Israel - by M. Leuenberger, Biblica 86.3 (2005) 343–368
• La mort et les morts dans le Proche-Orient ancien et dans la Bible hébraïque - by Thomas Römer, Études Théologiques et Religieuses 2005.3; abstract only
• Liebe und Tod im Ersten (Alten) Testament ( HTML | PDF ) - by Silvia Schroer, lectio dificilior 2.2 (2004)

Sheol and the Afterlife

• Funerary Practices and Afterlife Expectations in Ancient Israel - by Stephen L. Cook, Religion Compass 1/6 (November 2007) 660–683
• The Testament: Continuities and Discontinuities - by Roland E. Murphy, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Fall 1999)

Book Reviews

• Crouch, Walter B., Death and Closure in Biblical Narrative - reviewed by Linda M. MacCammon, Review of Biblical Literature
• Derrida, Jacques, The Gift of Death (University of Chicago Press, 1995) - reviewed by David Wills, Anglican Theological Review (Winter 1998)
• Johnston, Phillip S., Shades of Sheol: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament (InterVarsity, 2002)
  • Reviewed by J. Edward Wright, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Brian Schmidt, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Peri, Chiara, Il regno del nemico (Paideia Editrice, 2003) - reviewed by Michael Duggan, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)