Simcha Paull Raphael | |
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| Born | Steven Paull 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Education | Concordia University (BA, MA, History and Philosophy of Religion) California Institute of Integral Studies (PhD, Pyschology) |
| Occupation(s) | Psychotherapist, writer, death awareness educator |
| Notable work | Jewish Views of the Afterlife[1] |
| Spouse | Geela Rayzel Raphael |
| Website | simcharaphael |
Simcha Paull Raphael (born 1951) is a Canadian psychotherapist, death awareness educator, and writer. He is the founder of the Da'at Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy, and Training,[2] and author of the book Jewish Views of the Afterlife,[1] a synthesis of premodern mystical Jewish philosophy with postmodern concepts of transpersonal psychology, consciousness research, and near-death studies.[3] This book is considered to be an important work of scholarship in the fields of thanatology and religious studies, which has helped shift the view that Judaism doesn't have beliefs in the afterlife.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b Raphael, Simcha Paull (1994). Jewish Views of the Afterlife (1st ed.). Jason Aronson. ISBN 9780876685839.
- ^ Cain, Susan (2022). "Do we inherit the pain of our parents and ancestors? And, if so, can we transform it generations later?". Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. Crown. pp. 205–232. ISBN 9780451499783.
- ^ a b Brodsky, Beverly A. (1998). "Book Review: Jewish Views of the Afterlife, by Simcha Paull Raphael". Journal of Near-Death Studies. 16 (4): 277–284. doi:10.1023/A:1025078610169.
- ^ Lewis, Justin Jaron (2011). "Reviews of Books / Comptes Rendus: Jewish Views of the Afterlife second edition". Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 40 (2): 253–255. doi:10.1177/00084298110400020512.
- ^ Doka, Kenneth J. (2020). "Raphael, S. P. (2019). Jewish Views of the Afterlife". OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 80 (4): 688–689. doi:10.1177/0030222819890427.