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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Hebrew for ‘the world to come’; it can refer to life after death or a future Messianic age.
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Hebrew for ‘the world to come’; it can refer to the afterlife or a future messianic era.
Revise: Life After DeathA central term is Olam ha-ba, meaning ‘the world to come’. It can refer to the afterlife, but it can also mean a future messianic era: a time associated with the fulfilment of God’s promises. These meanings are related, but they are not identical.
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Olam ha-ba means ‘the world to come’. Depending on the interpretation, it can mean life after death or a future Messianic age of peace and justice. The Mishnah’s Pirkei Avot compares this world to a lobby in which people prepare to enter a banquet hall.
The ‘world to come’; a Jewish term that can refer to life after death or to a future Messianic age.