The Resurrection of the Son of God

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Fortress Press, 2003 - 817 páginas
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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Preface
The Target and the Arrows
Life Beyond Death in Ancient
Death and Beyond in the Old Testament
Hope Beyond Death in PostBiblical Judaism
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
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