death - In Judaism is there a book of the dead?

I am Jewish and I know that in Tibet, in Buddhism, there is a Book of the Dead. It is a text that describes, and is intended to guide one through, the experiences that the consciousness experiences after death. So I was wondering if there is something similar in Judaism?

Answer

There is no book of the dead in Judaism. We have a Torah, which is called Torat Hayim, a Torah of Life. It does include a Jewish philosophy of life after death including the neshama (soul) rejoining its source, reward and punishment for its actions on earth, and kabbalistic perspectives on reincarnation.

For further reading, see for instance here, here and here. The Torah itself is quite cryptic on these events, see e.g., here why. See also a related questions on MiYodeya here and there.

There is a rich literature on near-death experiences and reports of how people alive today have experienced events very close to what traditional literature describes. See for instance a very good video from R Alon Anava here in English or here in Hebrew.