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S. Bacchiocchi, Immortality or Resurrection: A Biblical Study on Human Nature & Destiny (Michigan, Biblical Perspectives, 1997), pp. 304. $15.00US.
The leitmotif of this book is well captured in its title. The author argues that there is a direct correlation between one's understanding of human nature, on the one hand, and one's concept of human destiny on the other. The basic meaning of both nature and destiny are deeply affected by whether one's eschatology is rooted in either immortality or resurrection. The author clearly rejects the notion of immortality, arguing that it is unbibical and a tenet of Greek philosophy, which has spawned a multitude of invalid dualisms. His position is that these dualisms...