Where in the Old Testament does it talk about Hell?

Answer 1

In Judaism we don't have a concept of 'hell' in the way Christians do. There is no eternal damnation, for sure.
It's more the idea that the soul has to be cleansed, and it's made clear that this is far from a pleasant process. But our 'hell' is more about being distant from G-d.

Just to let you know, we don't call it the 'old testament', but the Tanakh :)

Answer 2

Hell, the place for eternal punishment for the unrighteousness. The NKJV and KJV use this word to translate Sheol and Hades, the Old Testament words, respectively, for the adope of of the dead.

Walley of Hinnom was a deep, norrow ravine west and south of Jerusalem. Athe the high places of Baal in the valley of Hinnom, parents scarificed their children as a burnt offering to Molech ( 2 King 23:10 ),. Ahaz and Manesseh, kings of Judah, were both guilty of this awful wickedness ( 2 Chr 28:3, 33:6 ). But good King Josiah destroyed the pagan altars to remove this temptation from people of Judha.

The prophet Jeremiah foretold that God would judge this awful abonination of human sacrifice and would cause such a destruction that " the Valley of the Son of Hinnom" would become as "the Valley of Slaughter " ( Jer 7:31-32, 19:2, 32:35 ) The place was also called "Topeth".

Apparently, the Valley of Hinnom was used as the garbage dumb for the city of Jerusalem. Refuse, waste materials, and dead animals were burned here. Fires continuanilly smoldered, and smoke from the burning debris rose day and night. Hinnom thus became a graphic symbol of woe and judgment and the place of eternal punishment called HELL.

Translated into Greek, the Hebrew " Valley of Hinnom" becomes gehenna, which is used 12 times in the New Testament. ( 11 times by Jesus and once by James ), each time translated as " hell" ( Matt Matt 5:22, Mark 9:43,45,47, Luke 12:5, James 3:6 )

SHEOL, in the OT thought, the adobe of dead. Sheol is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek Hades, which means "the unseen world "

Sheol was regarded as an underground regin ( Num 16:30,33, Amos 9:2), shadowly and gloomy, where disembodied souls had a conscious but dull and inactive existence ( 2 Sam 22:6, Eccl 9:9:10). The Hebrew people regarded sheol as a place to which both the righteous and unrighteous go at death ( Gen 37:35, Ps 9:17, Is 38"10; death, NIV Deut 34:22, the realm of death NIV ), a place where punishment is received and rewards are enjjoyed. Sheol is pictured as having an insatiable appetite ( Is 5:14, Hab 2:5, the grave, NIV )

However, God is present in sheol ( Ps 139:8, hell NKJV; depths, NIV ) It is open and known to Him ( Job 26:6, Prov 15:11; Death, NIV ) This suggests that in death God's people remanin under His care, and the wicked never escape His judgment. Sheol gives meaning to Psalm 16:10. Peter saw the fulfillment of this messianic Psalm in Jesus' resurrection ( Acts 2:27)

Hades is Greek word for hell.

Answer 3

It doesn't. There are some theories that the Christian concept of Hell was actually influenced by Zorostarianism (estimate 1000-1500 BCE). They were the first to propose the concept of Good vs Evil and name a diety as God's opponent.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/zoroastr.htm

His name was Angra Mainyu.

It's a facinating religion, and in the words of Mary Boyce, ""Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith."

ETA: Another quote from the site regarding the influence : "Their theology has had a great impact on Judaism, Christianity and other later religions, in the beliefs surrounding God and Satan, the soul, heaven and hell, savior, resurrection, final judgment, etc."

Answer 4

Believe me when I say, as someone who has spent more time studying this subject than any other, it doesn't.

The Old Testament has a concept of Sheol, but this is a place of gloomy unconsciousness connected with the grave (cf. the Jewish Encyclopedia) that both the righteous and unrighteous alike inherit. This is quite long, but here is a quote from my article "Life After Death and the Intermediate State in the Bible":

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Sheol is almost synonymous with death and the dust of the Earth (cf. Paul’s translation of hades as thanatos in the critical text of 1Co 15:55 with Hos 13:14 LXX; Psa 30:9); Andrew agrees and comments, “Numerous texts in the Greek Old Testament place ‘Hades,’ which is equivalent to the Hebrew ‘Sheol,’ in synonymous parallelism with ‘death’” (COSM, Perriman 94). In sheol, there is no distinction between the righteous and unrighteous, rich and poor, high class and low class, and man and beast; all go to the same place (1Sa 2:6; Psa 89:48; Ecc 9:2–3). There is no profit in death (Psa 30:9a) for the dead do not praise, remember, or hope for God in sheol (Psa 6:5, 30:9, 88:11, 115:17; Isa 38:18), but are cut off from his presence, though God’s omnipresence ensures his existence even in sheol (Psa 139:8). Rather, the inhabitants of sheol are described as shades (Isa 14:9, 26:14).

The best description of sheol comes from Solomon:

“For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun. … Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going” (Ecc 9:Ecc 9:5-6, 10).

According to Solomon, the dead know nothing. There is no work, thought, knowledge, or wisdom in sheol. In other words, death yields little more than unconsciousness.

Despite sheol often translated “hell” in the KJV, it is not thought of as a place of torment (though being sent to sheol is sometimes counted as a punishment).

Andrew explains concerning hades, the Greek translation of sheol:

“Hades is not a place of torment. Rather than eat the flesh of an unlawful sacrifice, the righteous scribe Eleazar tells Antiochus’ officials to ‘send him to Hades’ (2 Macc. 6:23), clearly not expecting to suffer punishment there” (COSM, Perriman 94–95).

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As for judgment, such themes run throughout the Old Testament. The best two examples, from which Jesus draws in the New Testament, are contained in the books of the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah, where they describe GeHinnom (the valley of Hinnom, i.e. Gehenna):

"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere. And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and none will frighten them away" (Jer 7:32, 33).

"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh" (Isa 66:24).

Of course, this is a valley where dead bodies are thrown to rot, not conscious humans to suffer torment. Also, these judgments take place within history (or after resurrection), not immediately after death.

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Answer 5

It doesn't .
All the ‘ Hell ‘ words in the Bible are Mistranslations Sheol , Hades , Gehenna and Tartarus ... none of these are Hell , they have all been Mistranslated as Hell by bias and prejudice Bible authors more interested in supporting their Faith , than producing faithful translations.

Nowadays we are starting to see corrected Bibles that nolonger contain the word hell. Another 100,00 or 200,000 years and we might get an unbias translation of the whole Bible.

Answer 6

Hell cannot be found in the Old Testament. It might be because the "soul" is invented in the New Testament.

Answer 7

Job 13:14
Psalms 6:5
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Isaiah 38:18&19
Pslams 16:10
Hell , Hades ,Sheol , Gehenna & Valley of Himmom are all the same ( the grave).
geh-hin.nom........ ge.hen'na ...... yeev va

Answer 8

And what conclusion do you draw from the fact that the OT talks about Sheol and not specifically about NT hell?

Answer 9

nowhere jews don't believe in it. they believe people live in a kind of hell when they don't follow the rules.
christians stole it from the greeks. tartarus is for people that didn't live right. elysian fields are for people that did live right. they changed it to hell and heaven for their purposes- making people behave the way they want.

jesus wasn't a christian and did not create it. he was a devote jew.

Answer 10

It doesn't. Only Sheol which is the grave or the abode of the dead.

Sheol is the unseen or hidden.