The Resurrection of God Incarnate

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-925746-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

Whether or not Jesus rose bodily from the dead remains perhaps the most critical and contentious issue in Christianity. Argument has centred upon the veracity of explicit New Testament accounts of the events, often ending in deadlock. The author, though, takes a broader approach.

Whether or not Jesus rose bodily from the dead remains perhaps the most critical and contentious issue in Christianity. Until now, argument has centred upon the veracity of explicit New Testament accounts of the events following Jesus's crucifixion, often

Preface; Introduction; PART I: GENERAL BACKGROUND EVIDENCE; 1. Principles for weighing evidence; 2. God's reasons for Incarnation; 3. The life required of an incarnate God; PART II: PRIOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE; 4. The Historical Sources; 5. The life and moral teaching of Jesus; 6. Jesus implied his divinity; 7. Jesus taught his atonement; 8. Jesus founded a church; PART III: POSTERIOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE; 9. The appearance of the risen Jesus; 10. The empty tomb, and the observance of Sunday; 11. Rival theories of what happened; 12. The significance of the Resurrection; PART IV: CONCLUSION; 13. The Balance of Probability; Appendix: Formalizing the argument; Index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swinburne, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Historisch-Kritische Jesusforschung

Über Autor(innen)

(Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford)