Talk:Bosom of Abraham

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The article talks about the phrase as it's used within Christianity and especially Roman Catholicism, but it seems to make it clear enough that it's talking about their views, not espousing it as wikipedia's own. So, I'm taking off the NPOV tag, at least until someone else raises a more specific objection. Wesley 15:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modern Judaism

What is the modern Jewish view on this concept and afterlife in general. Jewish Encyclopedia is not very helpful. --84.20.17.84 09:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jewish Belief?

This article claims that this concept is a belief of first century Jewish beliefs. And then cites the Gospel of Luke. If this is a Jewish belief, shouldn't the text cite a Jewish or neutral source?

Further, the first line of this article implies that Jews believe Sheol and Hades are the same thing (which isn't true) and then actually links Hades to Hades in Christianity. So if I understand this correctly, first century Jews believed in this thing called Bosom of Abraham which is the same as the Greek belief in Hades which can be defined by what Christians (many living after the 1st century) believe Hades is? That just doesn't make any sense.

I've never heard a Jew talk about the Bosom of Abraham or any of the stuff in this article (maybe some Jews believe it, but I've never heard it). This article is about a Christian belief based on something in the New Testament and should so state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.249.53.124 (talk) 03:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)