“Resurrection,” while focusing attention on the new embodiment of the individuals involved, retained its original sense of the restoration of Israel by her covenant god. As such, “resurrection” was not simply a pious hope about new life for dead people. It carried with it all that was associated with the return from exile itself: forgiveness of sins, the re-establishment of Israel as the true humanity of the covenant god, and the renewal of all creation… . Thus the Jews who believed in resurrection did so as one part of a larger belief in the renewal of the whole created order.
