Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Daniel A. Keating on Belief in Future Escape from Sheol in Pre-Exilic Texts

 

 

[T]here are hints of escape from Sheol that began to point to resurrection. Despite the seeming inevitability of descent to Sheol, there are glimmers of hope for escaping this place of the dead. The book of Proverbs says, “The wise man’s path leads upwards to life, / that he may avoid Sheol beneath” (Prov 15:24). The psalmist, too, holds out hope for deliverance: “But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, / for he will receive me” (Ps 49:15). Even more strikingly, Ps 16, attributed to King David, speaks of a hope to be delivered from Sheol: “For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, / or let your holy one see corruption” (Ps 16:10 ESV). (Daniel A. Keating, Ezekiel [Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2024], 221)

 



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