Immortality

4 texts

Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Immortality from across Jewish tradition.

Enoch Speaks His Final Words and Is Taken by God

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Methuselah came to his father and asked: "What is pleasing to your eyes, father? What can I prepare for you before you depart, that you may bless our homes and your sons and all th...

Enoch Vanishes into Darkness and His Sons Build an Altar

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

When Enoch had spoken his final words, something extraordinary happened. People from far and near — two thousand of them — heard that the Lord was calling Enoch home, and they came...

Jewish Burial Practices and the True Meaning of Immortality

Josephus Josephus

Josephus, the first-century Romano-Jewish historian, gives us a fascinating glimpse into just that when describing Jewish law in his work, Against Apion. He points out something cr...

Philo on Whether the Righteous Truly Die

Philo Philo of Alexandria

Philo of Alexandria, that brilliant Jewish philosopher who lived in the first century CE, had some pretty compelling ideas about this. And they're not just philosophical musings; t...