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Title: Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society, and Philosophy – James A. Bishop (PhD candidate, Department for the Study of Religions, University of Cape Town)

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Although his teachings about the afterlife focused primarily on the resurrection of the dead and the kingdom of God, Jesus of Nazareth (6-4 BCE–c. 30 CE) affirmed belief in the reality of rewards and punishments, such as that described in Jewish apocalyptic texts (e.g. 1 Enoch 14) (Morton 2008, 916-918).

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With ancient routes dating back at least 2,000 years, Hatha yoga is a non-sectarian form of yoga that aims to assist practitioners in attaining self-awareness (Rile 2004, 20).

The postures of Hatha yoga were originally designed to purify the body in preparation fo...

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The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) is a collection of Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts, the first being discovered accidentally in 1947 by shepherds in a cave near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea.

Belonging to a monastic Jewish community, pe...

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