to my knowledge Jewish people believed in an afterlife that was almost identical to the greek idea of the afterlife. A split afterlife, one for righteous people and one for those who were not. Abraham's bosom and Gehenna. The latter was described by Jesus as a wet nasty smelly horrible place with lots of angry people but none of the wetness was drinkable and nothing you needed was available. Abraham's bosom was a place of comfort where you had what you needed. Edit: to be clear neither of these were heaven where God lived. Same as the Greek idea of the afterlife where the dead went to Hades and didn't go to Mt. Olympus.
I’d love to read more on this if you have some sources. I’ve begun doing some learning on old Hebrew tribalism and beliefs before they came together as the Chosen and the Jews we know and think of today. Just like lots of the world their tribal past and practices undoubtedly had a part in their current religion and belief system and from what I’ve begun to read today there are some weird and fucked up beliefs and sects of Judaism still hanging around today.
Well the good greeks didn't go to mt olympus when they died, that place was reserved only for the gods.
They went to a place between olympia and hades. More of a purgatory where they just hung out for eternity in a place that was supposed to be calm and pleasant.
to my knowledge Jewish people believed in an afterlife that was almost identical to the greek idea of the afterlife. A split afterlife, one for righteous people and one for those who were not. Abraham's bosom and Gehenna. The latter was described by Jesus as a wet nasty smelly horrible place with lots of angry people but none of the wetness was drinkable and nothing you needed was available. Abraham's bosom was a place of comfort where you had what you needed. Edit: to be clear neither of these were heaven where God lived. Same as the Greek idea of the afterlife where the dead went to Hades and didn't go to Mt. Olympus.
I’d love to read more on this if you have some sources. I’ve begun doing some learning on old Hebrew tribalism and beliefs before they came together as the Chosen and the Jews we know and think of today. Just like lots of the world their tribal past and practices undoubtedly had a part in their current religion and belief system and from what I’ve begun to read today there are some weird and fucked up beliefs and sects of Judaism still hanging around today.
Well the good greeks didn't go to mt olympus when they died, that place was reserved only for the gods.
They went to a place between olympia and hades. More of a purgatory where they just hung out for eternity in a place that was supposed to be calm and pleasant.
true but it was still considered part of Hades as it was still containing dead people and that was still the purview of Hades(the god not the place)