The Resurrection of the Son of GodFortress Press, 17 մրտ, 2003 թ. - 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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... heaven, a theme made famous by Augustus' interpretation of the comet which appeared at the time of Julius Caesar's death.139 The system was already sufficiently established to be lampooned by Seneca on the death of Claudius and the ...
... heaven that the rulers and preservers of the cities come , and it is to heaven that they eventually return . " 155 The younger Scipio , in his dream , is frightened , and he asks the old man whether he and the rest of them are really ...
... Heaven , and because of his laws I disdain them , and from him I hope to get them back again . ” , 81 When he was near death , [ the fourth brother ] said , ' One cannot but choose to die at the hands of mortals and to cherish the hope ...
... heaven, and you shall be seen; and the windows of heaven shall be opened for you. Your cry shall be heard. Cry for judgment, and it shall appear for you ... Be hopeful, and do not abandon your hope, because there shall be a fire for you ...
... heaven like a king ' , and that he ' will shine forth like the sun in the earth ' , bringing peace and joy to earth and heaven.118 The Testament of Judah also envisages the coming of a Messiah , after whose saving work Abraham , Isaac ...
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Resurrection in Paul Outside the Corinthian Correspondence | cxxviii |
Death and Beyond in the Old Testament | 3 |
The Key Passages | 11 |
Asleep with the Ancestors | 218 |
Jesus as Messiah and Lord | 315 |
General Issues in the Easter Stories | 336 |
Mark | 354 |
Luke | 373 |
John | 382 |
Easter and History | 397 |
i Cognitive Dissonance | 404 |
Matthew | 15 |
a Herod | 71 |
Other New Testament Writings | 94 |
NonCanonical Early Christian Texts | 111 |
The Apologists | 127 |
The Risen Jesus as the Son of | 418 |
iii Romans | 421 |
Bibliography | 431 |
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