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<DK>Commentary is not scripture, and of all sources, the Talmud is not credible.begin
All throughout the Law & Prophets we read that people die and cease to exist, not that their body dies and their spirit goes somewhere else.
Christians and 2nd temple Jews were/are influenced by Greek thought, which is why you will find Jews prior to Christianity who believe similar (incorrect) concepts regarding death and afterlife and hell.
When we read the Law & Prophets, we don’t get a continual picture of immortal souls, which is Greek, but we get a continual picture of humans dying and ceasing to exist, and this picture continues into the NT.<Dk>
Your opinion of the Talmud is not relevant and proves nothing about that source. What you are doing is substituting your unsupported opinion for all the historical evidence provided by native Hebrew speaking scholars who contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Judaica and the Talmud. These 3 sources provide the only credible, historical evidence for the belief and practices of the ancient Jews. The opinions of modern day readers who know virtually nothing about Jewish history and could not locate a Hebrew verb if their life depended on it don't amount to much compared to the 3 sources I quoted.
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