But the following have no part in the World to Come: One who says that the resurrection of the dead is not biblical, or that the Torah is not from Heaven, or the Epicurean.All of the Jewish people have a share in the World-to-Come, as it is stated: “And your people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land forever; the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, for My name to be glorified” (Isaiah 60:21).
The Talmudic interpretation is that the Aramaic word is derived from the root-word פק"ר (PQR; lit.
Marcus Jastrow, in his dictionary identifies the term as in fact being an enlargement of פק"ר, which was then supported by its phonetic coincidence with the famed pagan philosopher.
According to Maimonides, scorning a Talmid Chakham (Hebrew: ת"ח, romanized: talmiḏ ḥaḫām, lit.
In the first source, he states that the rabbinic term epikoros is an Aramaic word; in the Guide, Maimonides has become aware of the atheistic doctrine of the philosopher by that name.