Shades of Sheol: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament benjamin franklin Charlotte Mize and Doris Black

Charlotte Mize and Doris Black

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Shades of Sheol: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament benjamin franklin Charlotte Mize and Doris Black"For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?" (Psalm 6: 5) Death is a profound and complex subject. How did the Israelites respond to it? The dead apparently went to Sheol. Where and what was it? The inhabitants of Sheol are sometimes called "shades." What does this indicate? Many ancient peoples venerated their ancestors. Did Israelites do this? Did anyone hope for a positive afterlife? If so, in what form? What