Since his student days, Gerd Ludemann has noted how both New Testament scholars and theologians have tended to be evansive about what actually happened at the resurrection of Jesus. How was Jesus seen? Was the tomb really empty, and, if so, what happened to the body? Dissatisfied with so much of what he read, he set out to write his own book, making a thourough examination of all the passages relating to the resurrection in the New Testament, beginning with the fanmous verse in 1 Corinthians 15 and going through to the last chapter of John's Gospel. The results of this exhausttive study are largely negative, Ludemann succeeds in demonstrating just how much tradition and the evangelists themselves have contributed to the Easter story. THis is an honest scholarly book with the ring of truth, and needs to be read without prejudice. Those who do so will find that in fact it is remarkably positive.
As Donahue's summary of scholarship explains : While there is almost universal agreement on the importance of possessions , there is no consensus on major issues of interpretation , nor any consistent perspective within Luke - Acts . .
8 Swain argues that this turn to the past was motivated not by escape , nostalgia , or leisurely interest . Rather , it secured the identity and power of elites in Hellenistic cities within the Roman Empire in the present .
... Tome II: Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1972. BLACK, D. A. – BECK, D. R. (eds.), Rethinking the Synoptic Problem. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001. BURKETT, D., Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark.
This book is invigorating to read, for it is how biblical theology should be written. Professor Cullmann has set a high standard of biblical scholarship in this book, and it will be a great resource for students of sacred Scripture.
This book presents a comprehensive articulation of New Testament teachings on mission from a contemporary American evangelical standpoint. Mission in the New Testament contributes a fresh statement of the biblical...
"Here's the truth, sister: Mary Magdalene has been knocking at the door of my heart for three years. "She got squeezed out of "Bad Girls of the Bible" when I...
Acclaimed New Testament scholar Francois Bovon engagingly and concisely explores the last days of Jesus. Detailing the similarities and differences in the passion narratives of the four canonical Gospels and...
Paul, Apostle of Liberty
Since its discovery in the mid-1940s, the Gospel of Thomas has aroused the interest of scholars and general readers alike. Thomas, the Other Gospel provides a clear, comprehensive, nontechnical guide...
Especially given the burgeoning interest in the social world of the New Testament, it is remarkable that far too often scholars and students of the New Testament continue to view...