Authors: Richard N. Longenecker
ISBN-13: 9780802844743, ISBN-10: 080284474X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This book brings into focus the resurrection message of the New Testament. The chapters demonstrate how the resurrection both provides the basis for joyful living now despite the shadow of death and undergirds the Christian belief in a future after death.
For the Christian healthcare worker, this book is foundational in providing an extensive scriptural study of the resurrection. No theology of medicine can begin anywhere else.... Truly informed medical practice requires a scriptural understanding of the resurrection. The book provides this understanding, even for those without extensive training in theology.
Contributors | ||
Preface | ||
1 | Introduction | 1 |
I | Background Perspectives | |
2 | Life, Death, and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East | 21 |
3 | Life, Death, and the Afterlife in the Greco-Roman World | 51 |
4 | Life, Death, and the Afterlife in Second Temple Judaism | 80 |
II | Portrayals of Jesus and his Teaching | |
5 | Gospel, Kingdom, and Resurrection in the Synoptic Gospels | 99 |
6 | "I Am the Resurrection and the Life": The Resurrection Message of the Fourth Gospel | 122 |
III | The Message of Paul | |
7 | Resurrection and Immortality in the Pauline Corpus | 147 |
8 | Is There Development in Paul's Resurrection Thought? | 171 |
9 | Resurrection and the Christian Life in Paul's Letters | 203 |
IV | Experiences of the Early Church | |
10 | "Witnesses of His Resurrection": Resurrection, Salvation, Discipleship, and Mission in the Acts of the Apostles | 227 |
11 | Living a Life of Faith in the Face of Death: The Witness of Hebrews | 247 |
12 | Witness and the Resurrection in the Apocalypse of John | 270 |
Index of Subjects | 289 | |
Index of Modern Authors | 293 | |
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature | 298 |