In Death and the Afterlife, Robert Morey clearly lays out the Biblical statements about death and what takes place after death. A clear presentation of biblical facts based on sound theology, this book will help readers distinguish which theories about the afterlife are true and which are simply popular belief or cultural misinformation.
The book also serves an important role of defending the biblical truth against the teachings of occultism, materialism, universalism, and other enemies to the Scripture. By defining key terms and examining both the historical and biblical development of the doctrine of the afterlife, the book becomes the most comprehensive and thorough guide available on the topic.
Nominated as “Book of the Year” and chosen as “Best Reading” by Biblical Evangelist, this book quickly made it on several “Best Seller” lists. It has been featured on the John Ankerberg Show, Coral Ridge Ministries, Bible Answer Man, and many other radio/TV ministries. It has used in many seminaries such as Trinity Evangelical, Dallas, Southwestern, Conservative Baptist, Reformed, Gordon-Conwell, Moody Bible Institute, etc.
Dr. Morey’s work provides an extensive examination of the biblical language related to human destiny beyond the grave. The lucid style and the very careful organization of the material make the work readily understandable to lay people as well as useful for pastors and other scholars.
Since the earliest years of Christianity, the doctrine of eternal punishment has been fiercely attacked. Today that attack continues. Conditionalism and universalism are widely accepted as being biblically, logically and ethically far more acceptable than traditional theology. But Dr. Morey here presents a persuasive case with which anyone who seeks to malign or weaken the historical doctrine must reckon.
Here is a book to buy. It has been some time since a notable work on the future state of man after death has appeared. Morey’s book admirably fills this gap. In addition to the Biblical data, as a plus, Morey includes a wealth of intertestamental and patristic resources.
Dr. Gleason Archer (Trinity Evangelical Divinity)
The author does everything right. His knowledge of the Jewish literature on death and the afterlife is profound. I recommend this work to one and all as the finest treatment of death, the soul, hell, and heaven.
This volume generally exhibits a high degree of scholarship. One is repeatedly impressed by the amount of background material and research that had to be done in order to interact properly with the individual topics in Part I. This volume by Morey is a well-researched treatise on the biblical data concerning death and the afterlife. The topic of death and the afterlife is always a popular one. Accordingly, I recommend this book as a textbook for courses on cults or eschatology, whether for group studies or for personal reading. Much noteworthy data is supplied which needs to be studied and digested.
Christian Scholar’s Review
Morey’s book is the most comprehensive biblical study on the doctrine of death and the afterlife to appear in the last half century. He is a first-rate exegete whose command of the Hebrew and Greek languages is apparent in every chapter. He also displays a vast familiarity with the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Patristic material, Talmud, Midrash, Philo and Josephus. The author’s careful scholarship and his attention to details make this volume a valuable contribution to the study of personal eschatology. Death and The Afterlife is a stimulating work worth reading.
The first major work on the subject in this century, Death And The Afterlife will for many years be a standard reference work in this sorely neglected field. The scholarship of this volume will impress those who have studied the subject with any degree of thoroughness. At the same time, he communicates many great and profound truths in language that the average layman will both appreciate and profit from. It is a clear, cool breath of fresh air in the midst of a vacuum of doubt and unbelief.
A group of men have asked me to pick out what I consider to be the most important book on the market that Christians should read. The book I have chosen is Dr. Robert A. Morey’s book, Death And The Afterlife. This is a landmark book that presents overwhelming proof for the biblical doctrine concerning death and the afterlife.
The jacket of this remarkable volume calls it “a landmark work.” We are willing to go even further and describe it as “a masterpiece!” This book is especially devastating to the cultists and all those who teach soul sleep, annihilation and universalism. We urge every preacher and every Bible student to obtain a copy without delay!”
Dr. Morey’s book offers a source of order amidst the prevailing chaos of cultism, faddism, and quasi-Christian teaching about the subject of death and the afterlife. The section on exposition begins with a vitally necessary and helpful chapter “The Hermeneutics of Death.” Here Dr. Morey present a brief but gutsy review of hermeneutical principles essential to a fair reading of Scripture. This chapter alone would make excellent required reading for Christian students. Students in my “Death, Dying, and Grieving” classes have also found Dr. Morey’s discussion of the principle of progressive revelation significant in counseling Christians who wonder if the Old Testament presents views of death and the afterlife that contradict the New Testament. Dr. Morey’s dual expertise in biblical languages and cult evangelism are combined to bring solid scholarship to bear on issues that affect not only scholars but the general populace, for as Dr. Morey insightfully notes, “the present popularity of the subject of death and the afterlife is extremely important to all of us, because the death rate is still one per person.