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I am not disgusted by Heaven or Hell not being in the Old Testament. As you say, I don't give a damn.
You made a claim that "because the Egyptians are said to be a big influence in Jewish life around the time the Torah was formally introduced, Hebrew tenets etc etc".
I don't know what "Hebrew Tenets" are, but if it is the Old Testament, then categorically, no, that is wrong, the Bible makes no mention of a "world to come" as you claimed. There is only She'ol, and it doesn't sound at all like "just an idyllic version of this world".
>I'm only telling you what other people believe.
That's very kind of you. Let me return this kindness by informing you otherwise.
For the most part, religious Jews these days cling to understandings of an afterlife as promulgated by Maimonides (though most don't realize it). This concerns the Intellect (or the soul) existing and pondering the eternal verities in the heavenly firmament for eternity.
A significant minority view which has currency in Jewish theology is that of Planet Earth, once perfected from evil impurities, serving as the world to come. This is found mainly among mystics, and did not catch on quite as well.
The division between "Heaven" and the "Garden" is unclear and not consistent thinker-to-thinker.
Most important though is that no text speaks in an authoritative manner on the subject, since, at the end of the day, there is no hard-coded rulebook for Jewish theology.