the subject of resurrection

Crazyguy

Were the earliest believers of a resurrection the Egyptians, I have yet to find an earlier culture believing in this idea?
fulltimestudent

Did they believe in a resurrection, or did they believe in a continuation of life?
Perry

I'm wondering if a better question might be: Was there EVER any culture that did not believe in an after life?
defender of truth

http://bibviz.com/are-the-dead-resurrected-evil-bible.html
defender of truth

Ecclesiastes 3:21
New Living Translation
"For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?"
Crazyguy

I'm just wondering were this idea came from?
transhuman68

There is no resurrection or immortality mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures until Isaiah 25:8, and then in Daniel 12:2. Maybe it was Babylonian or Greek influence?