| Description |
xix, 320 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Approaching the Resurrection. 1. The Method Called Midrash. 2. The Impact of Easter - A Place to Begin. 3. The Vehicle of Words - An Unsteady Ship -- Pt. 2. Examining the Biblical Texts. 4. The Witness of Paul. 5. Mark: The Kerygma Is Joined to the Sepulcher. 6. Matthew: Polemics Enter the Tradition. 7. Luke: The Turn Toward Gentile Understandings. 8. John: Sometimes Primitive, Sometimes Highly Developed. 9. A New Starting Point -- Pt. 3. Interpretive Images. 10. The Primitive Interpretive Images. 11. The Atoning Sacrifice - The Image of the Book of Hebrews. 12. The Suffering Servant - The Image of 2 Isaiah. 13. The Son of Man - The Image of the Book of Daniel -- Pt. 4. Clues That Lead Us Toward Easter. 14. The First Clue: It Occurred in Galilee, Not in Jerusalem. 15. The Second Clue: The Primacy of Peter. 16. The Third Clue: The Common Meal. 17. The Fourth Clue: The Third Day - An Eschatological Symbol. 18. The Fifth Clue: The Burial Tradition As Mythology |
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Pt. 5. Reconstructing the Easter Moment. 19. But What Did Happen? A Speculative Reconstruction. 20. Grounding the Speculation in Scripture. 21. Life After Death - This I Do Believe |
| Summary |
The Episcopal Bishop of Newark compares the New Testament witness to antecedents in the Hebrew scriptures, arguing that many of the details of Jesus' life, and especially his crucifix, derive from the Jewish tradition of Midrash |
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Christianity - Origin |
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Future life - Christianity |
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Jesus Christ - Resurrection - Controversial literature |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p.299-307) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and index |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Resurrection -- Controversial literature.
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Jesus Christ -- Resurrection.
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Jesus Christ.
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Christianity -- Origin.
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Future life -- Christianity.
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| LC no. |
93025114 |
| ISBN |
0060675462 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0060675470 (Int'l pbk) |
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