Greek resurrection beliefs and the success of Christianity
By: Dag Øistein Endsjø.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Resurrection; Church history; Greece -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Dilemmas of the flesh; title: Where do we stand?; title: Explanations so far; title: Judaism, Greek philosophy, and that third factor; title: The attraction of immortal flesh; title: The general attraction of the flesh; title: Mortal souls, annihilated bodies; title: The heroes, the fortunate dead; title: The immortal nature of the gods; title: The possibility of immortal flesh; title: Resuscitation to a normal life; title: Dismemberment and rejuvenation; title: Resurrection and physical immortality; title: Becoming immortal by merely touching death; title: Achieving immortality through death; title: The gods who were not resurrected; title: A question of space; title: Swept away to immortality; title: When the earth opens up; title: Immortal misery; title: A body vanishes; title: What did the Christians say?; title: New beliefs, old beliefs; title: When the soul became immortal (according to some); title: Confusion and contradictions; title: The state of the afterlife at the dawn of Christianity; title: Jewish beliefs on the afterlife; title: The challenge of immortal flesh; title: The fleshless resurrection body of Paul; title: The Corinthian riddle; title: The Greek context of Corinth; title: Ridicule at the Aareopagus; title: The requirement of physical continuity; title: The success of immortal flesh; title: The vanished resurrection body of Mark; title: The tangible resurrection body of Matthew; title: Luke's resurrection body of flesh and bones; title: The pierced resurrection body of John; title: More emphasis on the flesh; title: The ever-present alternative of a fleshless resurrection; title: How the struggle between philosophers and multitude continued within Christianity; title: The promise of the flesh and the dilemma of annihilation; title: The divine recreation of the flesh; title: Answers to the challenge of the flesh; title: Immortal flesh and why the Greeks left Zeus.