The resurrection of the Messiah
By: Christopher Bryan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780199752096
Subjects: Resurrection
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-416) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The hope of Israel; title: Death and the afterlife in the Greco-Roman world beyond Israel; title: The Christian claim; title: Paul; title: Mark; title: Matthew; title: Luke; title: John; title: What should we make of the witnesses' claims?; title: So what? A partially unscientific postscript; title: Additional note A : On varieties of faith in early Christianity; title: Additional note B : On whether the New Testament narratives are useful sources of information about anything that may actually have happened; title: Additional note C : Are the passion narratives examples of "the prophetization of history" or of "the historicization of prophecy"?; title: Additional note D : The resurrection of the dead and Torah; title: Additional note E : The Alexamenos graffito and texts of terror; title: Additional note F : Further reflections on Paul's understanding of resurrection as involving a transformed physicality; title: Additional note G : further reflections on Paul's understanding of our present experience of transformation in and through Christ; title: Additional note H : The New Testament and the negative eschaton : the possibility of damnation.