" Only in the post-biblical period did a clear and firm belief in the immortality of the soul take hold . . . and become one of the cornerstones of the Jewish and Christian faiths."
"Kwaze kwaba ngemva kwezikhathi zokulotshwa kweBhayibheli kuphela lapho inkolelo ecacile neqinile yokungafi komphefumulo yamukelwa khona . . . futhi yaba insika yezinkolelo zobuJuda nezobuKristu." - Encyclopaedia Judaica.