The Resurrection of the Son of God by Nicholas Thomas Wright ISBN 0800626796‎ 978-0800626792

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ISBN 10: 0800626796‎ 

ISBN 13: 978-0800626792

Author: Nicholas Thomas Wright

 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 question: 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 worldview and theology.

Table of contents:

 

Part I. Setting the scene. The target and the arrows —

Shadows, souls and where they go : life beyond death in ancient paganism —

Time to wake up (1) : death and beyond in the Old Testament —

Time to wake up (2) : hope beyond death in post-biblical Judaism —

Part II. Resurrection in Paul. Resurrection in Paul (outside the Corinthian correspondence) —

Resurrection in Corinth (1) : introduction —

Resurrection in Corinth (2) : the key passages —

When Paul saw Jesus —

Part III. Resurrection in early Christianity (apart from Paul). Hope refocused (2) : Gospel traditions outside the Easter narratives Hope refocused (2) : other New Testament writings —

Hope refocused (3) : non-canonical early Christian texts —

Hope in person : Jesus as Messiah and Lord —

General issues in the Easter stories —

Part IV. The story of Easter. Fear and trembling : Mark —

Earthquakes and angels : Matthew —

Burning hearts and broken bread : Luke —

New day, new tasks : John —

Part V. Belief, event and meaning. Easter and history —

The risen Jesus as the Son of God.

I. Setting the scene

II. Resurrection in Paul

III. Resurrection in early Christianity (apart from Paul)

IV. The story of Easter

V. Belief, event and meaning.

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