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Resurrection Son of God P V3 (Christian Origins and the Question of God #3)
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N.T. Wright
Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question – which any historian must face – renowned New Testament scholar N.T. Wright focuses on the key points: what precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about his belief? ...more
Paperback, 740 pages
Published
March 17th 2003
by Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Wow!, again. This was one of the best Christmas presents I have received from my wife. (Especially since I had to go buy and read NTPG and JVG before starting this book.
Wright brought home to me once again the absolute necessity of understanding the 2nd Temple mindset. In that frame of reference, resurrection can ONLY mean getting a new body.. not 'life after death', but life after life-after-death!
Of particular interest was his development of the sufficient and necessary causes in relationship...more
Wright brought home to me once again the absolute necessity of understanding the 2nd Temple mindset. In that frame of reference, resurrection can ONLY mean getting a new body.. not 'life after death', but life after life-after-death!
Of particular interest was his development of the sufficient and necessary causes in relationship...more
This book is a comprehensive treatment of the resurrection. In it, Wright plows through piles and piles of ancient literature, following every conceivable first-century resurrection idea. Furthermore, he handles modern and post-modern rejections of the resurrection with the calm logic of a trained historian. Wright’s main point in this book is this: nothing less than the bodily resurrection of Jesus could explain the rise of early Christianity.
This book is big. Here’s a summary of the ...more
This book is big. Here’s a summary of the ...more
This is Wright's third of what will be 5 (at least for now) volumes in his "Christian Origins and the Question of God" series. When I see the size of these things, I get an overwhelming sense of stupidity and laziness. I don't think I can even thoughtfully read as much as he has written.
This volume tackles the doctrine of resurrection, and does so extensively. Wright analyzes the Christian belief about resurrection in the context of ancient Pagan and Jewish beliefs, an...more
This volume tackles the doctrine of resurrection, and does so extensively. Wright analyzes the Christian belief about resurrection in the context of ancient Pagan and Jewish beliefs, an...more
This is book 3 of N.T. Wright's huge work entitled Christian Origins and the Question of God. It examines the key historical questions of a belief in the resurrection of an individual. What does resurrection mean? Are there precedents? What did surrounding cultures believe about death? How could this belief have started? When did it start? This book is well-written and well-researched, which means it is a long read, but not too terribly boring. Once I get an ebook reader, this will be on my shor...more
This book does a great job of defending the Christian position of physical resurrection, and for that it gets 4 stars. I was close to giving it three though b/c the book gets quite repetitive, especially in Part 1. This book is touted very highly by the conservative evangelical camp b/c it defends the resurrection better than they are able to, but I would say that it is overrated. Conservatives like it b/c it 'proves' the liberals wrong, but does not propose much new for Christian thought. JVG i...more
Incredibly thorough treatment of the resurrection of Jesus. What would "resurrection" have meant to an ancient palestinian? What good/bad explanations are there against the resurrection? What does the various parts of the Bible teach about the afterlife. NT Wright presents an argument for the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and for the bodily resurrection of believers after their rest asleep in the Lord. This is not a light book. But for me, such an important topic needs a book lik...more
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One of the most enlightening and edifying books I've ever read. It was a hard slog at times--it had over 2,000 footnotes--but thoroughly worth it. Wright spends about the first 500 to 600 pages setting up his 100 to 200 pages of argument that the most reasonable conclusion to the historical evidence of Jesus' resurrection is that it actually happened. I would do no justice to his thorough defense of his position if I attempted to summarize. Wright is a first class scholar (Cambridge, Oxford)...more
This is the best book on the resurrection I have read. Now that could be because I have not read a whole lot of books directly on the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, but there is no doubt that this is a wonderful book.
Much Wright's work in this book is the tearing down of Gnosticism and proto-Gnostic heresies and tendencies. The resurrection from the dead destroys all hints of "the body is bad and the spirit is good" as well as "let's get the hell of the earth to ...more
Much Wright's work in this book is the tearing down of Gnosticism and proto-Gnostic heresies and tendencies. The resurrection from the dead destroys all hints of "the body is bad and the spirit is good" as well as "let's get the hell of the earth to ...more
This hefty book is NT Wright's comprehensive examination of the idea of resurrection in the ancient world in general, and the resurrection of Jesus in particular. Wright surveys what ancient people (basically, people who lived before and during the time of Jesus) thought about life after death and the notion of a "resurrection" from the dead. A major thing that Wright makes it a point to emphasize is the uniqueness of the Jewish view of resurrection that was adopted and modified by the...more
The most comprehensive study on the resurrection to date. Wright surveys all the relevant Greek and Jewish background material as well as the early Christian writers to try to get to the bottom of the questions: Why did early Christianity take the shape that it did? What event made pious Jews switch their day of worship from Saturday to Sunday? What made their theology take the form it did? Why did people claim that Jesus rose from the dead in the first place? What did they mean by it?
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I have noticed that while I've been reading this book I have supplemented that with prayer and found it to be very rewarding. This material is slightly over my head but this is an excuse to talk to other people about the book's topic and create a community of change which Wright discusses in his book 'Surprised By Hope'.
Very impressive work, now I know why N.T. Wright attracts so much attention whenever he says anything. The whole book is basically an investigation into how resurrection plays into the beliefs of the early Christians. Strongly recommended, lengthy tome that it is.
Excellent. Best of the three so far. Wide-ranging, inspiring. It got better and better on its journey from paganism through Paul until the last chapters on the Gospel accounts of the resurrection were totally riveting.
For how much I loved this book, I must admit I'm not going to finish it.
Wright tackles the issue of resurrection: what it means & whether we have any reason to believe it may have happened before.
Most time is spent on the bit about what the term means and a wise reader will not be troubled with the details (hundreds of pages laying out proof after proof to leave no doubt, even though a handful of examples are quite sufficient for most people).
The real meat,...more
Wright tackles the issue of resurrection: what it means & whether we have any reason to believe it may have happened before.
Most time is spent on the bit about what the term means and a wise reader will not be troubled with the details (hundreds of pages laying out proof after proof to leave no doubt, even though a handful of examples are quite sufficient for most people).
The real meat,...more
I went into this book with these thoughts, "In the resurrection narratives, it happens over and over that someone does not recognize Jesus. I've never really understood that. Hmmm, I wonder what N.T. Wright thinks about that?" So, I dive in. Marvelous book, etc. etc., and after a few hundred pages I finally come across a section where N.T. Wright tackles the question, "Why do people have such a hard time recognizing the risen Jesus?"
You know what his answer is?
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You know what his answer is?
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Chris Taylor
marked it as to-read
This will be a chore, but apparently it's the best if you're looking for proof of the resurrection.
Comprehensive, scholarly, and authoritative work on the Resurrection.
Doug Wilson was gracious in letting me sub out a Greyfriar's book for this one
Wow - resurrection making sense - within the historical context.
Read most of this while researching for various papers. Need to sit down with it again.
A great book. Very big. Wright's trademark.
Whoa. In the best way imaginable.
Positive:
Thorough argumentation; Impressive use of direct-source citation; Imaginative writing style.
Negative:
Wright takes 1000 pages to argue what could have been said in 200 pages or less; Hints of New Perspective Theology; Easy to get lost with such an intense handling of direct-source citations.
Bottom Line:
Notwithstanding his own theological contentions with many evangelicals, Wright offers a greatly detailed argument of Christ's resurrection for the...more
Thorough argumentation; Impressive use of direct-source citation; Imaginative writing style.
Negative:
Wright takes 1000 pages to argue what could have been said in 200 pages or less; Hints of New Perspective Theology; Easy to get lost with such an intense handling of direct-source citations.
Bottom Line:
Notwithstanding his own theological contentions with many evangelicals, Wright offers a greatly detailed argument of Christ's resurrection for the...more
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Started this book. Wright, as usual, is a force of character and rhetoric. His arguments are convincing and fastidiously researched. One of the best volumes on this subject.
Contains 800-pages full historical argument for the physical resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
Wright is a particularly fine scholar with lashings of common sense. An excellent read.
Formative. Encompassing. Epic. Any review I offer would be laughable.
Didn't finish this book, but what I did read was impressive.
Chris
marked it as to-read
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N. T. Wright is Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline NBC, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air, and he has taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford universities. Wright is the award-winning author of Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, The Last Word, The Challenge of Jesus, The Meaning...more
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