Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

The Bible records several problematic instances of God hardening human hearts, seemingly stripping them of free will.

According to some thinkers, God only watches over people in a general way; according to others, divine providence extends to the minute details of life.

Can we choose our way?

The idea that the soul is the human instrument of spirituality became more prominent over the course of Jewish history.

The Transmigrating Soul. Jewish Reincarnation. Jewish Life After Death. Jewish Afterlife and Eschatology. Jewish View on Next Life. Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

Though the survival of the soul after death is hinted at in the Hebrew Bible, it became an explicit doctrine only in the early centuries of the Common Era.

Among each of the movements, admitting gay and lesbian students has been a cause of debate, concern...and learning.

Amending prayers that mention resurrection to accord with modern sensibilities.

By the second century at the latest, belief in resurrection had entered Jewish liturgy and legal writing.