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A
Abba, Aramaic word, 89
Adoptionism, 109
Agony in the Garden, 45, 184-85
Andrew, disciple, 50-51, 53
Anti-intellectualism, in Christianity, 116-17
Antiquities (Josephus), 60
Apocalyptic concept of the Easter Moment, 162-68
Appearance stories, post-Resurrection, 146, 151, 175-76
Arrests on the Sabbath, prohibitions against, 73
Ascension of Jesus, 130, 199
Ascetical theology, 60
Authoritarianism in the church, 99-100
B
Babylonian captivity of the Jews, 70-72, 80-81
Barnabas, Epistle of, 76
Bartholomew, disciple, 50
Being God as source of, 30
Jesus as totality of, 30
Beloved disciple, 53, 57, 141
Bible, 104-14, 116-17
literalism, 111, 132
See also Gospels Blue laws, 75
Body
Greek words for, 152
Neoplatonic view of, 60
Brown, Raymond, 117-18,
124, 126
Butler, Samuel, 118
Bultmann, Rudolph, 126
C
Campbell, James, 11-22, 201-02
Canonical books of the New
Testament, 108
Celibacy, 60
Chalcedon, Council of, 4
Christ, see Jesus Christ Christology, 4
adoptionism, 109
of early church, 169-70
See also Jesus Christ Church authoritarianism, 99-100
canon of Holy Scripture, 108
early church’s mind about Jesus, 169-70
Circumcision, 71, 81
Community, 12
and the Eucharist, 207-08
New Testament a product
of, 107
yearning for, 24
Consciousness, 11-12
Creation story, 71
Crucifixion of Jesus, 190
effect on the disciples, 56-57
prohibition against embalming on the Sabbath, 72
Customs, religious, resistance to change, 74
D
Dating the New Testament
(Robinson), 67
Death, 6-7, 201-02
barrier to living, 25, 32
decomposition after,
Jewish tradition of, 158
emotional stages of the
dying, 15-16
of Jesus, 31
preparation for, 223
sharing the mystery of, 11-22
See also Life after death Deductive reasoning, 36-37
Devil, 215
Disciples of Jesus, 50-58
after the Crucifixion, 191-99
effect of Easter Moment
on, 171-72, 176-77
Jesus’ relationship with,
82-83, 183-84
Peter, 39-49
Dismissal, after the Eucharist, 211-12
Divinity of Jesus, 83-86, 109, 180
Dodd, C.H., 126
Domineering persons, 44
Dualism, 60
E
Easter Christians, 24-26
Easter Moment
Biblical record, 115-30,
133-53
dating of, 157-60
disciples’ entrance into, 196-99
effects of, 35, 38, 87-91, 225-26; on the disciples, 57-58, 171-72, 176-77; on James, 66, 68; on Peter, 48-49
importance of, 95, 102-3
missionary imperative of, 199
objective reality, 111-12
Peter’s impact on, 154-56
revelatory encounter with
God, 164, 166
See also Resurrection of Jesus
Edwards, Jonathan, 216
Embalming of the dead, 72
Emmaus Road story, 122,
138, 155, 175, 191
Empty tomb debates, 140-45, 151
Encounter groups, 23-24
Eternal Now, of Jesus, 31, 160
Eucharist, 200, 205-12
Evil, 60
Ezra, 72
F
Faith, and the development of Christian thought, 98
Farewell discourses, in John’s
Gospel, 183
Feeding of the multitude, 173-74
Formation of the Resurrection Narratives, The (Fuller), 19
Freedom of Jesus, 30-31, 184
Fuller, Reginald, 9, 148, 158
Fundamentalism, in Biblical interpretation, 111
G
Gethsemane, Garden of, 45, 184-85
God call of, 28
concepts of, 28
meeting with, in Jesus, 170
oneness of, in Jewish theology, 78-82
Resurrection, initiation of, 161
source of life, love, and being, 30
Goguel, Maurice, 158
Good, 60
Gospels, 105-09
Easter narratives, 115-30, 133-53
post-Easter phenomenon
of, 170-71
reading of, at the
Eucharist, 208-09
See also John, Gospel of; Luke, Gospel of; Mark, Gospel of; Matthew, Gospel of Gregory, Daniel, 17
H
Hallucinatory theory, of the
Resurrection, 148-49
Healing, by Jesus, 182-83
on the Sabbath, 73
Heaven, 214-19
Hell, 214-16, 221-22
Heresy, 206
History, objectivity of, 132
Holy name of God, in Jewish
religion, 79
Holy Spirit, coming of, to the
disciples, 198-99
Hope
of the Easter Christian, 25-26
of sharing Christ’s resurrection, 32
Hosea, 157
Humanity of Jesus, 30
Human relations experiments, 23
I
Idolatry, 78-82
and theological certainty, 98
Insecurity, signs of, 44
Irenaeus, 178
Isaiah, 80, 185, 189
J
James, Epistle of, 67
James, Gospel of, 68
James, son of Alphaeus, disciple, 50, 59-60
James, son of Zebedee, disciple, 50-52, 54, 59
martyrdom, 143
James the Just, brother of
Jesus, 59-68
Jeremias, Joachim, 89
Jerusalem, 217
and the birth of Christianity, 88
Jerusalem, Council of, 67
Jesus Christ, 30-32
agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, 45, 184-85
arrest of, 45
baptism of, 177, 179
birth of, 61
burial of, 134-35
Crucifixion, 56-57, 190
divinity of, 83-86, 109, 180
early church’s mind about,
169-70
family of, 60
as God-man, 180
Last Supper, 43-45, 156,
173-74, 186-89
miracles, 182-83
oral tradition, 106, 110-11
post-Resurrection, appearance stories, 146, 151, 175-76
relationship with the disciples, 82-83, 183-84
relation to God, 178-79
teaching ministry, 181-82
temptation, 179-81
transfiguration, 42-43, 147-48
visit from mother and
brothers, 62-63
washing of the disciples’
feet, 44-45
written accounts of, 89-90,
105-07, 115-30
see also Resurrection of Jesus
Jewish religion and worship during Babylonian captivity, 70-72, 80-81
during Roman domination, 81-82
life after death, 162-63
oneness of God, 78-82
Sabbath observation, 69-74
Joanna, 121
Johannine prologue, of the Fourth Gospel, 109-10, 179
John, disciple, 50-54
John, Gospel of, 63-64, 105-10
Easter narrative, 115, 119-30, 133, 135, 140-41, 144, 155, 176
farewell discourses, 183
prologue, 109-10, 179
Jonah, 157
Joseph, husband of Mary, 61-63
Joseph of Arimathea, 135-36
Josephus, Flavius, 60
Judas Iscariot, disciple, 50,
54-55, 193
Judas, son of James, disciple, 50
Jude, Epistle of, 68
K
Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth, 15
Küng, Hans, 10, 55
L
L, source of Luke’s Gospel,
124
Laity, 5
Lake, Kirsopp, 143
Language of Easter, 26-27
inadequacy of, 131-32
Last judgment, 162-63
Last Supper, 43-45, 156,
173-74, 186-89
Lazarus, raising of, 112, 147,
158, 164
Lazarus and Dives, parable of, 147
Life
beyond human limitations, 21
and encounter with God, 28
exploring the mystery of, 23
God as source of, 30
Jesus, the fullness of, 30
quality and quantity of, 29
safety barriers, 24-25
Life after death, 147, 213-24
Jewish notions of, 162-63
Life Approaches Death (Gregory), 18
Literalism Biblical, 111, 132
of the Eucharist symbols, 206
Loneliness, 221
Lord’s Day, 76
See also Sunday Love, 202, 220, 222
God as source of, 30
of Jesus, 30-31, 178
and resurrection, 28-29
separation from, 221-22
Luke, Gospel of, 105-09
Easter narrative, 115, 120-22, 127-30, 133, 135-36, 144, 149, 155, 175
passion narrative, 156
travel section, 183
M
Manna in the wilderness, 71
Marcion, 108
Mark, Gospel of, 105-09
Easter narrative, 115,
119- 21, 127-30, 133-36, 139-40, 144, 154
Marriage, 60
Mary Magdalene, 120-25,
127-29, 138
Mary, mother of James,
120- 21, 127
Mary, mother of Jesus, 61-62
Mary, the other Mary, in Matthew’s Easter narrative, 122-23
Matthew, disciple, 50-51
Matthew, Gospel of, 105-09
Easter narrative, 115, 121-24, 127-30, 133-36, 141, 143, 155
sign of Jonah, 157-58
Matthias, disciple, 51
Metahistory, Easter Moment as, 151
Missionary imperative, of the Easter Moment, 199-200
Monotheism, Jewish idea of, 78-82
Mortification of the body, 60
Motherhood, 60
N
Nathanael, disciple, 50, 52-53
Nativity narratives, 61-62,
105, 107, 118
106, Nehemiah, 72
107, Neoplatonism, 60
108, New Testament
post-Easter phenomenon
of, 170-71
see also Gospels
O
On Being a Christian (Küng), 10, 55
Opening of the eyes, of witnesses of the Resurrection, 138
Openness of Jesus, 31
Oral tradition about Jesus,
109, 110-11
Other Side, The (Pike), 118
P
Palm Sunday, 186-87
Pannenberg, Wolfhart, 9
Passion story, 89, 106, 156
Passover, 187
Passover Plot, The
(Schonfield), 150
Paul, apostle apocalyptic hope, 163, 165
birth of Jesus, 61
conversion, 90, 119, 129,
142-43, 166
divinity of Jesus, 85
Easter events, 119-20, 128-29, 134, 136-37, 139, 148-49, 152, 154
epistles of, 108
James, the Lord’s brother,
66-67
Last Supper, 188
Sunday worship, 76-77
Peace, sharing of, at the
Eucharist, 210
Pentecost, 67, 130, 199
Pericope, 106
Perrin, Norman, 9, 136
Personal relationships, 12
Peter, disciple, 39-51, 54, 57, 191
after the Crucifixion, 195-98
confession that Jesus was
the Christ, 42, 83, 155
denial of Jesus, 46-47
feet washed by Jesus, 44-45
Gentile mission, 48
in Gethsemane, 45
impact of, on Easter Moment, 154-56
in John’s Easter narrative, 124-27martyrdom of, 48-49
post-Easter portrait of,
48-49
primacy of, 156
sermon of, in Acts, 175-76
transfiguration of Jesus, 42-43
Philip, disciple, 50, 52
Physical, realm of the, 60
Physical resurrection of
Jesus, 112-13
Pike, James A., 118
Pilate, Pontius, 82
Prayer, 209-10
addressed to Jesus, 85
Presence of God, 20
Promised land, 216-17
Psychological explorations, contemporary, 11-12, 23
Q
Quelle, source of Jesus’ sayings, 109
R
Real Presence in the
Eucharist, 200
Religious customs and traditions, resistance to change, 74
Resurrection, 28-29, 32, 162-65, 213
See also Life after death Resurrection of Jesus, 8-10, 88, 112-14, 219, 223
apocalytic understanding
of, 164-68
appearance stories, 146,
151, 175-76
and the belief in his divinity, 84
Biblical record, 115-30, 133-53
disciples’ perception of, 196-99
empty tomb debate,
143-45, 151
hallucinatory theory,
148-49
and a new holy day, 75-77
Peter’s impact on, 154-56
subjective dimension, 137-39
theory that Jesus survived
the Crucifixion, 150-51
See also Easter Moment Resurrection Tradition in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, The (Perrin), 9
Revelation, Book of, 162,
176, 217-18
Revelations of God, 161-62
Robinson, John A.T., 67, 102, 124
Roman domination of the
Jews, 81-82
Ruach, Spirit of God, 79
S
Sabbath, Jewish, 69-74, 81
after Good Friday, 191-93
Sabbath day’s journey, 73
Sacramental meal, 173-74, 187-89
See also Eucharist Salome, woman who came to
Jesus’ tomb, 120
Saul of Tarsus, see Paul, apostle
Schonfield, Hugh C., 150
Security of Jesus, 30
Security (continued) and theological certainty, 99
Separation, pain of, 18
Servant songs, of Isaiah, 185,
189
Sexuality, 61
Sharing, mystery of person-
hood, 11-12
Shema, 78
Sibling rivalry, 65
Simon Peter, disciple, see Peter
Simon the Zealot, disciple,
50-51, 177
Son of God, 83
Spirit, realm of the, 60
Spiritual body, Paul’s term for the risen Christ, 137
Stephen, martyrdom of, 143
Stiff-necked, accolade given
to the Jews, 81
Sunday, Christian holy day, 75-77
Synoptic Gospels, 105-07
T
Tax collectors, in time of
Jesus, 51-52
Thaddaeus, disciple, 50
Theology ascetical, 60
contemporary, 5
oneness of God, Jewish idea of, 78-82
theological certainty,
97-100
Theophanies, 161-62
Thomas, disciple, 50, 52, 85,
125-26, 130, 137-38
Tillich, Paul, 160
Traditions, religious, resistance to change, 74
Transfiguration of Jesus,
42-43, 147-48
Travel section, of Luke, 183
Truth of Easter, 27
and inadequacy of language, 131-32
in theology, 97-103
V
Virginity, 60
Visions, 146-48
W
Washing of the disciples’ feet, 44-45
Way of All Flesh (Butler), 118
Weakness, signs of, 44
Wind, symbol of God, 79
Word, Jesus as, 110
Work, and self-worth, 16
Y
Yahweh, 78, 171
See also God