Resurrection: Some Biblical Perspectives
This article discusses a series of theses regarding the idea of resurrection in early Christian writings: First, New Testament ideas of resurrection are deeply linked with the idea that that the God of Israel is the infinitely creative, just and faithful Creator of the world, who is interested in hu...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2024
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 2, Pages: 17-26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Resurrection
/ Resurrection
/ Raising from the dead
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBE Anthropology NBF Christology NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
FAITH (Christianity)
B Resurrection B Christian Literature |
| Summary: | This article discusses a series of theses regarding the idea of resurrection in early Christian writings: First, New Testament ideas of resurrection are deeply linked with the idea that that the God of Israel is the infinitely creative, just and faithful Creator of the world, who is interested in human beings and the life of this world. Second, the idea of Jesus's resurrection and the resurrection of all human beings may be theologically linked, but this was not necessarily the case. Third, stories about the 'revivification' of Lazarus and others are formally different from the stories of Jesus's resurrection, but they can be theologically linked to the Easter accounts. In some cases, they prepare what is told in the Easter accounts. Fourth, in order to understand the resurrection (or, better, raising) of Jesus from the dead, it is of no use to simply reconstruct the oldest possible sources and thus come closer 'historically' (i.e. in terms of time) to the events of the first Easter Sunday. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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