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Podcast: Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson
Episode: 79: According to the Scriptures – Resurrection in the Old Testament
Description: Alastair Roberts revisits the resurrection stories of the Old Testament.Jesus expected his followers to know that he was going to have to die and would then be resurrected – but, famously, they didn’t figure it out until it happened. What were Jewish expectations of resurrection, and where is the idea found in the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible?Alastair discusses the hints and implications found throughout the text, from metaphors which point to Israel’s return from exile as a kind of political resurrection, to more literal expectations of life beyond death.He then...