Seeing Light: A Critical Enquiry into the Origins of Resurrection Faith
Based on a close reading of a wide range of Jewish and early Christian sources, the author explores how faith in the resurrection developed in the Early Church and what believing in the resurrection might mean for twenty-first-century people.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham
Sacristy Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Gant, Peter Robert, 1938-, Seeing light : A Enquiry into the Origins of Resurrection Faith] (2023) (Siniscalchi, Glenn B.)
[Rezension von: Gant, Peter Robert, 1938-, Seeing light : A Enquiry into the Origins of Resurrection Faith] (2020) (Carnley, Peter Frederick, 1937 -) [Rezension von: Gant, Peter Robert, 1938-, Seeing light : A Enquiry into the Origins of Resurrection Faith] (2020) (Loke, Andrew Ter Ern) |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Based on a close reading of a wide range of Jewish and early Christian sources, the author explores how faith in the resurrection developed in the Early Church and what believing in the resurrection might mean for twenty-first-century people. Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Note about quotations -- The Problem Exposed -- Pre-Enlightenment world views -- Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment historiography -- The Jesus of History and the Jesus Christ of the Church -- The way forward -- Resurrection and Immortality -- The Hellenization of Palestine and the Maccabean Insurgency -- Resurrection for reward or punishment -- The democratization of resurrection -- The necessary vindication of the persecuted righteous man -- Afterlife belief in 1 Enoch -- Sheol as a temporary waiting place -- Bypassing Sheol and going straight to heaven -- The realized eschatology of the Qumran community -- The evidence of Josephus -- Conclusion -- Angels and Angelomorphic Transformation -- The location of heaven -- The angelic hierarchy -- The angel of YHWH -- The Divine Name angel -- Angels with names -- The great angelic prince -- Parallel action in heaven and on earth -- Personal angels -- The angelomorphic transformation of humans -- Transformation and heavenly ascent -- Angelomorphic transformation after death -- Dual identity: Michael-Melchizedek and Jacob-Israel -- Dual identity: Enoch and the Son of Man -- Conclusion -- The Heavenly Redeemer -- One like a son of man -- Heavenly redeemer figures in the Qumran Scrolls -- The enthroned Son of Man in the Similitudes -- "That man" in the Ezra Apocalypse -- The man with a sceptre -- The victorious warrior-messiah -- The coming lord -- A heavenly redeemer tradition? -- Conclusion -- Jesus' Vision of the Future -- The kingdom of God: traditional views -- John the Baptist and the kingdom of God -- John the Baptist and Jesus -- Jesus' afterlife beliefs -- Jesus and the kingdom of God -- The Son of Man sayings -- Jesus and the coming Son of Man -- The kingdom of God and the Son of Man traditions -- Conclusion -- Estimations of Jesus. |
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| ISBN: | 1789590493 |