Segal presents two scriptural texts, Ezekiel 37:1-10 and Daniel 12:1-3, as the representative examples to show how Judeans formed a concept of resurrection. At first, he argues that Ezekiel symbolically used a metaphor of resurrection to manifest Israelites’ renewal achieved by God (256). For him, although Ezekiel’s prophecy is not about the literal meaning of resurrection, it is very meaningful because it first introduced the image of resurrection to Israelites (257). In addition, he asserts that Daniel prophesied the literal sense of resurrection ambiguously described in Isaiah 66 (263). That is, Daniel’s vision and prophecy comes from his thoughtful study of Isaiah 66. Furthermore, he emphasizes that for Israelites, the belief in resurrection
