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The Old Testament’s understanding of death and immortality can be approached from two quite different positions. On the basis of its doctrine of man, any possibility of a future life would seem excluded. Yet in the light of its faith and trust in God, the Old Testament seems to point in a direction which must, and which did, lead to the development of a resurrection hope.
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Badham, P. (1976). The Contribution of the Old Testament to the Development of the Christian Hope. In: Christian Beliefs About Life After Death. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03013-2_1
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