Overview
In The Resurrection of the Messiah, Christopher Bryan combines literary, historical, and theological approaches in a study of the doctrine of the Resurrection. The book is divided into three parts. The first section provides a careful and sympathetic description of first-century Jewish and pagan opinions and beliefs about death and what might follow. This is followed by a presentation of a general account of early Christian claims about the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The second part of the book offers a detailed, full-length commentary on and exegesis of the main New Testament texts that speak of Jesus' death and resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15 and the narratives in the four canonical gospels. As a framework for this commentary, Bryan utilizes the pattern of apostolic preaching presented by Paul and then echoed by each of the four evangelists, namely the formula Christ died, Christ was buried, Christ has been raised, Christ appeared. The final section of the book is spent discussing and evaluating various proposals that have been made by those attempting to explain the data in ways that differ from the traditional Christian explanation. Bryan also considers various theological and ethical implications of accepting the claim Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead. Throughout his study, Bryan exhibits a willingness to face hard questions as well as an appropriate reverence for a faith that for almost two thousand years has enabled millions of people to lead lives of meaning and grace.
Full Product Details
Author: Christopher Bryan (Visiting Professor of New Testament and C. K. Benedict Professor of New Testament, Emeritus, Sewanee: The University of the South)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.730kg
ISBN: 9780199752096
ISBN 10: 0199752095
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 05 April 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Christopher Bryan has given us a lucid, wellresearched, and persuasive account of the main relevant New Testament texts, with a supporting sketch of contemporary Jewish and pagan beliefs regarding the afterlife. A. E. Harvey, Journal of Theological Studies
Christopher Bryan has given us a lucid, wellresearched, and persuasive account of the main relevant New Testament texts, with a supporting sketch of contemporary Jewish and pagan beliefs regarding the afterlife. * A. E. Harvey, Journal of Theological Studies *
Author Information
Christopher Bryan, sometime scholar of Wadham College, Oxford, is C.K. Benedict Professor of New Testament Emeritus at the University of the South. Since his semi-retirement in 2008 he continues to write and teach, and is currently editor of the Sewanee Theological Review, one of only two Anglican quarterly journals of theology currently published in the United States.
