Life in the Face of Death: The Resurrection Message of the New Testament

by Richard N. Longenecker (Editor)

Overview

This book brings into focus the resurrection message of the New Testament. The chapters demonstrate how the resurrection both provides the basis for joyful living now despite the shadow of death and undergirds the Christian belief in a future after death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467429443
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/19/1998
Series:	McMaster New Testament Studies (MNTS)
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	324
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Richard N. Longenecker (1930–2021) was a distinguished New Testament scholar who taught for many years at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous books, including Paul, Apostle of Liberty; The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity; New Testament Social Ethics for Today; Introducing Romans: Critical Issues in Paul's Most Famous Letter, and the New International Greek Testament Commentary volume on Romans.
 Richard N. Longenecker (1930–2021) was a distinguished New Testament scholar who taught for many years at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous books, including Paul, Apostle of Liberty; The Christology of Early Jewish Christianity; New Testament Social Ethics for Today; Introducing Romans: Critical Issues in Paul's Most Famous Letter, and the New International Greek Testament Commentary volume on Romans.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   RICHARD N. LONGENECKER

BACKGROUND PERSPECTIVES

2. Life, Death, and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East
   EDWIN YAMAUCHI
3. Life, Death, and the Afterlife in the Greco-Roman World
   PETER G. BOLT
4. Life, Death, and the Afterlife in Second Temple Judaism
   RICHARD BAUCKHAM

II. PORTRAYALS OF JESUS AND HIS TEACHING

5. Gospel, Kingdom, and Resurrection in the Synoptic Gospels
   DONALD A. HAGNER
6. 'I Am the Resurrection and the Life': The Resurrection Message of the Fourth Gospel
   ANDREW T. LINCOLN

III. THE MESSAGE OF PAUL

7. Resurrection and Immortality in the Pauline Corpus
   MURRAY J. HARRIS
8. Is There Development in Paul's Resurrection Thought?
   RICHARD N. LONGENECKER
9. Resurrection and the Christian Life in Paul's Letters
   G. WALTER HANSEN

IV. EXPERIENCES OF THE EARLY CHURCH

10. 'Witnesses of His Resurrection': Resurrection, Salvation, Discipleship, and Mission in the Acts of the Apostles
    JOEL B. GREEN
11. Living a Life of Faith in the Face of Death: The Witness of Hebrews
    WILLIAM L. LANE
12. Witness and the Resurrection in the Apocalypse of John
    ALLISON A. TRITES

Index of Subjects
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature

Editorial Reviews

This volume is a valuable compendium for updating any reader on the theme of resurrection in the NT and early church.

Theology & Mission Currents in

For the Christian healthcare worker, this book is foundational in providing an extensive scriptural study of the resurrection. No theology of medicine can begin anywhere else.... Truly informed medical practice requires a scriptural understanding of the resurrection. The book provides this understanding, even for those without extensive training in theology.

Ethics & Medicine

This valuable collection of essays...offers studies of key issues in biblical scholarship and makes them accessible to a wider audience.

The Bible Today