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(04-26-2016, 05:12 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: In the early days of Judaism, the nature of Heaven was not discussed. It was not assumed that Heaven was a place for human souls. It was merely the place where God dwelt. And since God could not be viewed or understood by humans, Heaven would therefore not be a place for humans or humans souls. As to what would happen to humans when they died, no one knew.

But they clearly believed that there was a "soul" that survived as an individual after death.  The concept of the dead dwelling in sheol appears in the original Torah.