Thomas Cahill Quote

The idea of physical resurrection struck them [the Greeks] as ghoulish.... Matter is the very principle of unintelligibity [or lack of intelligence]. Best to be done with it. For the Jews, who had little of no belief in the immortality of the soul, only salvation in one's body could have any meaning.

Ch.VII The Way They Went: Greco-Roman Meets Judeo-Christian - Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (2003)