The Resurrection of the Son of GodFortress Press, 2003 - 817 էջ Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question -- which any historian must face -- renowned New Testament scholar N. T. Wright focuses on the key points: what precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about this belief? This book, third in Wright's series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances." How do we explain these phenomena? The early Christians' answer was that Jesus had indeed been bodily raised from the dead; that was why they hailed him as the messianic "son of God." No modern historian has come up with a more convincing explanation. Facing this question, we are confronted to this day with the most central issues of the Christian worldview and theology. |
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... Josephus (vii) Resurrection at Qumran? (viii) Pseudo-Philo, Biblical Antiquities (ix) Pharisees, Rabbis and Targumim Resurrection in Ancient Judaism: Conclusion PART II Resurrection in Paul 5 Resurrection in Paul (Outside the Corinthian ...
... Josephus Philo Rabbinic Works New Testament Christian and/or Gnostic Works 10. Greco-Roman Texts 11. Persian Texts 12. Egyptian Texts Index of Modern Authors Index of Selected Topics PREFACE I This book started life as the final chapter.
... Josephus presents the stories of Elijah, Enoch and Moses, he does so in the language of this hellenistic tradition, declaring that they had not died, but had been taken up alive to immortality.243 This, as we shall see, is typical of ...
... Josephus and the rabbis.3 None of them was neutral in reporting the Sadducees. The New Testament, not surprisingly, sees their rejection of resurrection as their main characteristic. Josephus (who, as an aristocrat, may have been closer ...
... up in this respect by Josephus. The Sadducees, he says, will have nothing to do with 'the persistence of the soul after death, penalties in the underworld, and rewards'.15 More specifically, 'the Sadducees hold that the soul perishes.
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Resurrection in Paul | |
Introduction | |
Resurrection in 2 Corinthians apart from 4 75 11 i Introduction | |
General Issues in the Easter Stories | |
Mark | |
Matthew | |
Luke | |
John | |
Easter and History | |
The Risen Jesus as the Son of | |
Abbreviations | |
Resurrection at Corinth | |
i Introduction | |
When Paul Saw Jesus | |
Gospel Traditions Outside the Easter Narratives | |
Other New Testament Writings | |
NonCanonical Early Christian Texts | |
Jesus as Messiah and Lord | |
Secondary Sources | |
B Secondary Literature | |
Index of Ancient Sources | |
Index of Modern Authors | |
Index of Selected Topics | |