The Resurrection
By: Geza Vermes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780385522427
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Resurrection -- History of doctrines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-164) and index.
Table of contents: value: Prologue: The Christian notion of resurrection and its historical antecedents; value: Part I: Afterlife in the Jewish world before Jesus; value: A bird's-eye's view of human destiny in the Bible : from lost immortality to resurrection; value: Death and its sequels in ancient Judaism : paving the way for resurrection; value: Biblical and postbiblical antecedents of the resurrection and ascension of Jesus; value: Martyrdom and resurrection in late Second Temple Judaism; value: Jewish attitudes to afterlife in the age of Jesus; value: Part II: Resurrection and eternal life in the New Testament; value: Introductory note; value: The teaching of Jesus on resurrection and eternal life; value: Predictions of the resurrection of Jesus; value: Resurrection accounts in the New Testament regarding persons other than Jesus; value: The Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus; value: Initial evaluation of the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus; value: The resurrection of Jesus in the Acts of the Apostles; value: The resurrection of Jesus in Saint Paul; value: The resurrection of Jesus in the rest of the New Testament; value: The meaning of the concept of resurrection in the New Testament; value: Epilogue: Resurrection in the hearts of men.