Excerpt from A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life in Israel, in Judaism, and in Christianity: Or Hebrew, Jewish, and Christian Eschatology From Pre-Prophetic Times Till the Close of the New Testament Canon; Being the Jowett Lectures for 1898-99 It seemed good, however, not to delay publica tion further, and accordingly I gladly accepted the invitation of the jowett Committee to give a course of lectures on the subject of these studies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.