Biblical Perspectives on Death

by Lloyd Bailey

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1979

Overview

Attention to psychological and theological responses to death informs this comprehensive overview of the biblical perspectives on mortality. Bailey depicts both continuity and contrast as he moves from ancient to intertestamental literature and then to the New Testament. This work avoids comparative value judgments and honors the multiplicity of outlooks which the total canon contains. In addition, it evaluates the applicability and effectiveness of various canonical perspectives for those within the believing communities—church or synagogue—of the present.

Key Features

• Explores the connection between death and the meaning of life
• Discusses the problems of modern views on death
• Examines the interplay between biological and metaphorical death

Contents

• The Modern Situation: Indicative of a Universal Human Reponse to Mortality?
• Some Perspectives on Death among Israels Neighbors
• Death in the Literature of the Old Testament
• The Transition toward Apocalyptic Eschatology: The Context for a New Evaluation of Mortality
• The Intertestamental Literature
• The New Testament
• Concluding Reflections

Product Details

• Title: Biblical Perspectives on Death
• Author: Lloyd R. Bailey
• Series: Overatures to Biblical Theology
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication Date: 1979
• Pages: 159
• Resource Type: Biblical Theology
• Topic: Theology

About Lloyd R. Bailey, Sr.

Lloyd R. Bailey, Sr. is a retired professor of Hebrew Bible at the Divinity School, Duke University and now serves as Barrow Professor of Religion at Mount Olive College and as adjunct professor of religion at Methodist College. He is a United Methodist clergyman, author of fifteen books, more than seventy articles in encyclopedias and journals, has numerous television appearances in documenteries on the Bible, and has served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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