<P> The second death is an eschatological concept in Judaism and Christianity, related to punishment after a first, natural death . </P> <P> Although the term is not found in the Hebrew Bible, Sysling, in his study (1996) of Teḥiyyat ha - metim (Hebrew; "resurrection of the dead") in the Palestinian Targums, identifies a consistent usage of the term "second death" in texts of the Second Temple period and early Rabbinical writings . In most cases, the "second death" is identical with the judgment, following resurrection, in Gehinnom at the Last Day . </P>

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