The resurrection of the Messiah /Christopher Bryan.
Description
The hope of Israel -- Death and the afterlife in the Greco-Roman world beyond Israel -- The Christian claim -- Paul -- Mark -- Matthew -- Luke -- John -- What should we make of the witnesses' claims? -- So what? A partially unscientific postscript -- Additional note A : On varieties of faith in early Christianity -- Additional note B : On whether the New Testament narratives are useful sources of information about anything that may actually have happened -- Additional note C : Are the passion narratives examples of "the prophetization of history" or of "the historicization of prophecy"? -- Additional note D : The resurrection of the dead and Torah -- Additional note E : The Alexamenos graffito and texts of terror -- Additional note F : Further reflections on Paul's understanding of resurrection as involving a transformed physicality -- Additional note G : further reflections on Paul's understanding of our present experience of transformation in and through Christ -- Additional note H : The New Testament and the negative eschaton : the possibility of damnation.
x, 432 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ;25 cm.