The Hebrews saw Sheol as a place where “bars” and “gates” kept the dead from returning to the living. However, even then there was hope that the righteous would someday be raised from that dreary plane of existence. https://gilberthouse.substack.com/p/the-great-below-526

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The Great Below
The Mesopotamian netherworld
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