Rozumienie śmierci w Starym Testamencie

Abstract

The existing huge number of the Ancient East literature works clearly prove that death is the end of human life. Similarly, the problem of death is spoken out in the Old Testament. The Holy Scripture raises up the issue of death, for it is a tremendous problem related to life. The death in the Old Testament is primarily defined with the word „mawet”, which is directly related to the verb „mut” – to die. This word has been used about one thousand times there. Within the Biblical texts one can distinguish the irrevocable sense of death which is forthcoming by disease, famine, wars and abuse. The relation between death and sin is also visible on the pages of the Old Testament. For those who are just, death means no end but the gate leading to the life. Therefore, according to the Old Testament, death doesn’t mean the eternal annihilation of man.