false 148780 4 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? <P>This book, third is Wright's series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances." <P>How do we explain these phenomena? The early Christians' answer was that Jesus had indeed been bodily raised from the dead; that was why they hailed him as the messianic "son of God." No modern historian has come up with a more convincing explanation. Facing this question, we are confronted to this day with the most central issues of the Christian worldview and theology. 143592 24 4 2003 The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) total:88|5:59|4:23|3:6|2:0|1:0| 88 405 232 15 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 12:56:29 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 12:58:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 10:12:41 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 09:12:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu May 07 09:16:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 09:24:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 30 08:44:55 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 09 16:44:07 -0700 2008
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Wright tackles the issue of resurrection: what it means & whether we have any reason to believe it may have happened before.

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