Death & Afterlife: Do Christians Follow Plato rather than Jesus or Paul?

In this ninth of my series on" Death, Afterlife, and the Future," I consider the thesis of the late great Oscar Cullmann who argued that Christianity--anciently and down into our own time--has largely lost the view of "resurrection of the dead" as declared by Jesus in our gospel sources and Paul in his letters--in favor of a Platonic Dualism that focuses on the "immortal soul," escaping this world for a heavenly Home above. You can download a PDF of my article "What the Bible Says about the Future" at the link in the description of the first video--Ancient Hebrew Views: https://youtu.be/BjXcaPI-tEE Also, if you want to get a reprint copy of Cullmann's book here is a short review and link to the edition I would recommend: https://jamestabor.com/the-best-known-most-forgotten-classic-new-testament-study-resurrection-vs-immortality-of-the-soul/ Here are the lines from John Donne's poem I mentioned at the graveside service in Season 7, ep. 3 of "Outlander": Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; One short sleep past, we wake eternally And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. Links to the books I mention: https://jamestabor.com/books/ On-line Course: Creating Jesus--Why Mark's Gospel was Forgotten https://sales.mvp-courses.com/firstgospel/ About Dr. James D. Tabor: https://jamestabor.com/about-dr-tabor/ Tabor Books: https://jamestabor.com/books Academic Blog: https://jamestabor.com; Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jamestaborvideos Support Dr. Tabor’s Research: https://www.patreon.com/jamesdtabor About Dr. James D. Tabor: https://jamestabor.com/about-dr-tabor/ Academia:https://independent.academia.edu/JamesTabor8 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjdtabor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jamesdtabor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesdtabor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-tabor-12119324/ Personal Blog: https://genesia.org