Resurrection Son of God V3: Christian Origins and the Question of God

by N. T. Wright Oxford University

Overview

This book, third in 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."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451415018
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	03/17/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	817
Sales rank:	707,162
File size:	4 MB