RE: Ecclesiastes 9:5
July 31, 2023 at 10:55 am
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2023 at 11:34 am by Bucky Ball.)
It means the memory OF THEM (eorum) has been given/delivered/transitioned to oblivion.
The Jews did not believe in an afterlife / "going to heaven".
All dead souls went to Sheol.
Later that changed, but even then, the sect that believed in "resurrection of the dead" thought that happened at the end of time.
Meanwhile, the dead were dead.
The Jews did not believe in an afterlife / "going to heaven".
All dead souls went to Sheol.
Later that changed, but even then, the sect that believed in "resurrection of the dead" thought that happened at the end of time.
Meanwhile, the dead were dead.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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