The Qura'nic View about the Doctrine of the Resurrection in Judaism and the Reason for not funding in the Torah

Seyed Mohammad Hajati Shooraki / PhD Student in Religions and Mysticism, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute

Hossein Naghavi / Assistant Professor of Religious Group, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute

Received: 2019/06/30 - Accepted: 2019/11/28

Abstract

Qura'nic verses show that "the resurrection" is mentioned in the Torah, but there os notrace of it in exiting Torah. In addition to the scientific study about the Qura'nic view about doctrine of the resurrection in Judaism, this paper analyzes why the resurrection is not mentioned in the current Torah, and advances various explanations why the resurrection is not mentioned in this way , and then expresses the view it support. According to the held view, the Torah is a title for the Old Testament and all the books that are the sacred text of Judaism. The chosen view considers the Torah as a title for the Old Testament and all the books that are considered as sacred texts in Judaism, However, they are not part of the Old Testament nor declared as first-class Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. A brief review of some of these texts shows that there is a trace of the resurrection is found in them. Consequently, with the held view hopes are high that what the Qur'an attributes to the Torah but does not exist in the Old Testament can be found in Apocrypha and pseudepigrapha.

Keywords: the resurrection, Judaism, the Qur'an, the Torah, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.