Immortality in the Jewish and Christian scriptures:

• A. May refer to a diminished life style after death
• B. Often refers to what continues from oneself through one's children
• C. Is sometimes associated only with divine beings
• D. May be given only to certain human beings

Answer: (B)

Immortality in Jewish and Christian scriptures is often tied to how a person lives on after death through offspring, lineage, and lasting memory. The idea is that a life can continue in the family line, in the covenant blessings passed to descendants, and in the enduring memory of a righteous or faithful person. This is why the best answer emphasizes what continues from oneself through one's children—the seed, the name, and the ongoing covenant community that preserves a person’s influence and identity across generations.

Other ways people are described as continuing beyond their own life exist in these scriptures, such as the divine nature of immortality or eternal life granted to believers, but the common and culturally central way a person endures is through descendants and the persistent faith of a family or people. Immortality is not typically framed as a gift to a select few humans in a universal sense, nor as a diminished post-death state; rather, it is seen in how one's legacy persists through children and descendants.