Description: A study of the formation and development in early Judaism of a belief in a future resurrection from the grave. It draws on evidence from the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, inscriptions, and archaeology.
Review Quotes: "Elledge does an excellent job of describing the wide range of viewpoints concerning the afterlife (including annihilationism, the denial of an afterlife) within early Judaism." -- Glenn B. Siniscalchi, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly