... also be rediscovered for our time. And certainly the New Testament is rich for imagining the meaning of salvation and the resurrection of the body—even the “deification” of human beings—for Christians in the 21st century. creation love myth mythology postmodernism science body idolatry...

...This chapter explains that when faced with death, Anglican gentry turned to practices of dying and mourning which were, in the earlier sense of the term, comfortable. They comforted the dying and the bereaved with the hope of resurrection, and solaced those who anticipated their own death...

... themes of death and resurrection in John Moschos's seventh-century text known as the Spiritual Meadow, and same-sex monastic couples in ancient Christianity. Clement of Alexandria Gospel of John Lazarus Mar Saba monastery New Testament resurrection Secret Gospel of Mark...

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... in a much bigger world. According to the disciples, Jesus's resurrection supported and even vindicated the foundational gospel prophecy: the Kingdom of God truly was at hand. The book examines Paul's message by situating his letters within their two generative contexts, the scriptural and the social. Christ...

..., are unjustly arrested, tried, killed, resurrected, and honored after their deaths. Codrus pharmakos pharmakoi Jesus Menoeceus sacrifice Statius Tiresias Aesop fables Herodotus Homer Ister myths Christian Perry Ben Edwin Apollo Delphi judgment parables of priestly institutions criticism...

...The chapter uses the mark of the nails in the hands of the risen Jesus in John to investigate the question of identity and recognition in the resurrection. It asks which aspects of bodily identity are integral parts of ourselves and how that identity remains stable over time. It uses medical...

... means that similar themes are encountered: Deuteronomic theology, penitential theology, a focus on Jewish identity and competition with the nations roundabout, the personified role of Woman Wisdom, prayer, resurrection and immortality, and the reverence of Jewish heroes and heroines. The Apocrypha...

...This chapter focuses on the Secret Gospel, which is shown to have three liturgical elements (nocturnal initiation after a preparation period, resurrection themes, and a linen cloth). The discussion, however, stresses that the three elements have no major role in 2nd century Christian worship...

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...The resurrection of the body is a key place to think about who we are and which facets of ourselves are integral to ourselves. The introduction to this book places the resurrection of the body within the context of ancient anxieties about the self: What makes us who we are? It also reviews...

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...This book is an exploration of what the New Testament has to say about the nature of resurrected bodies. It argues that previous scholarship and tradition has been shaped by Pauline discussions of glorious bodies and has failed to appreciate the diverse and disorienting range of opinions about...

... writers, like Irenaeus and Tertullian, rejected Paul’s claim that flesh and blood do not rise and emphasized the resurrection of the flesh. The authors of the Treatise on the Resurrection and the Gospel of Philip argued that only the human spirit (or mind) would rise. Origen gave a philosophical...

... by a πνεῦμα, which is identified with the risen Christ and which, through its presence in them, grants to believers salvation from the eschatological wrath and the expectation of eternal life. For Paul, Christ has achieved the state of existence designated as πνεῦμα through his death and resurrection...

... that Christ was predestined by his resurrection from the dead [ex resurrectione a mortuis], but by the resurrection of the dead [ex resurrectione mortuorum ]. For [Christ’s] own resurrection does not show...

...This chapter examines the core themes of the Letter to Romans, in order to demonstrate that Paul purposefully thought about the topic of his final reproach and his subsequent rhetorical presentation of it. It looks at the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, which points...

... dimension into a historical reality. In sura 75, the introductory oath sentence culminates in the assertion, “when is then the day of the resurrection?” The following suras also begin with this question. Sura 88 summarizes the proclaimer's position as a warner rather than an “overseer” that is responsible...

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