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Index
PREFACE . 13
Part One . 18
Chapter One - THE TARGET AND THE ARROWS . 19
1. Introduction: The Target . 19
2. The Arrows . 26
3. The Historical Starting-Point . 40
Chapter Two - SHADOWS, SOULS AND WHERE THEY GO: LIFE BEYOND DEATH IN ANCIENT PAGANISM .. 44
1. Introduction . 44
2. Shadows, Souls or Potential Gods? . 50
3. Further Life from Within the World of the Dead? . 70
Chapter Three - TIME TO WAKE UP (1): DEATH AND BEYOND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT . 93
1. Introduction . 93
2. Asleep with the Ancestors . 95
3. And Afterwards? . 109
4. Awakening the Sleepers . 114
5. Conclusion . 131
Chapter Four - TIME TO WAKE UP (2): HOPE BEYOND DEATH IN POST-BIBLICAL JUDAISM .. 132
1. Introduction: The Spectrum .. 132
2. No Future Life, or None to Speak of: The Sadducees . 133
3. Blessed (and Disembodied) Immortality . 141
4. Resurrection in Second-Temple Judaism .. 147
5. Resurrection in Ancient Judaism: Conclusion . 196
Part Two - Resurrection in Paul 201
Chapter Five - RESURRECTION IN PAUL . 202
1. Introduction: The Early Christian Hope . 202
2. 1 and 2 Thessalonians . 205
3. Galatians . 210
4. Philippians . 215
5. Ephesians and Colossians . 224
6. Philemon . 228
7. Romans . 228
8. Interlude: The Pastoral Epistles . 249
9. Paul (outside the Corinthian Correspondence): Conclusion . 252
Chapter Six - RESURRECTION IN CORINTH (1): INTRODUCTION .. 257
1. Introduction: The Problem .. 257
2. Resurrection in 1 Corinthians (apart from Chapter 15) . 258
3. Resurrection in 2 Corinthians (apart from 4:7–5:11) . 273
4. Conclusion: Resurrection at Corinth . 282
Chapter Seven - RESURRECTION IN CORINTH (2): THE KEY PASSAGES . 284
1. 1 Corinthians 15 . 284
2. 2 Corinthians 4:7–5:10 . 326
Chapter Eight - WHEN PAUL SAW JESUS . 338
1. Introduction . 338
2. Paul’s Own Accounts . 341
3. Paul’s Conversion/Call in Acts . 349
4. Conversion and Christology . 354
5. Conclusion . 358
Part Three Resurrection in Early Christianity (Apart from Paul) . 359
Chapter Nine HOPE REFOCUSED (1): GOSPEL TRADITIONS OUTSIDE THE EASTER NARRATIVES . 360
1. Introduction . 360
2. Resurrection in Mark and its Parallels . 362
3. Resurrection in the Matthew/Luke Material (Sometimes Known as ‘Q’) . 384
4. Resurrection in Matthew .. 388
5. Resurrection in Luke . 389
6. Resurrection in John . 392
7. Resurrection in the Gospels: Conclusion . 399
Chapter Ten HOPE REFOCUSED (2): OTHER NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS . 401
1. Introduction . 401
2. Acts . 401
3. Hebrews . 407
4. The General Letters . 410
5. Revelation . 417
6. Conclusion: Resurrection in the New Testament . 423
Chapter Eleven HOPE REFOCUSED (3): NON-CANONICAL EARLY CHRISTIAN TEXTS . 427
1. Introduction . 427
2. Apostolic Fathers . 428
3. Early Christian Apocrypha . 440
4. The Apologists . 444
5. The Great Early Theologians . 452
6. Early Syriac Christianity . 468
7. ‘Resurrection’ as Spirituality? Texts from Nag Hammadi and Elsewhere . 474
Chapter Twelve HOPE IN PERSON: JESUS AS MESSIAH AND LORD .. 491
1. Introduction . 491
2. Jesus as Messiah . 491
3. Jesus, the Messiah, is Lord . 500
Part Four The Story of Easter . 518
Chapter Thirteen GENERAL ISSUES IN THE EASTER STORIES . 519
1. Introduction . 519
2. The Origin of the Resurrection Narratives . 521
3. The Surprise of the Resurrection Narratives . 529
4. The Historical Options . 537
Chapter Fourteen FEAR AND TREMBLING: MARK . 543
1. Introduction . 543
2. The Ending . 544
3. From Story to History . 550
4. Easter Day from Mark’s Point of View .. 553
Chapter Fifteen EARTHQUAKES AND ANGELS: MATTHEW ... 556
1. Introduction . 556
2. Ruptured Earth and Rising Corpses . 556
3. The Priests, the Guards and the Bribe . 559
4. Tomb, Angels, First Appearance (28:1–10) . 563
5. On the Mountain in Galilee (28:16–20) . 564
Chapter Sixteen BURNING HEARTS AND BROKEN BREAD: LUKE . 569
1. Introduction . 569
2. Luke 24 and Acts 1 within Luke’s Work as a Whole . 571
3. The Unique Event . 576
4. Easter and the Life of the Church . 579
5. Luke and the Resurrection: Conclusion . 580
Chapter Seventeen NEW DAY, NEW TASKS: JOHN .. 581
1. Introduction . 581
2. John 20 within the Gospel as a Whole . 585
3. The Contribution of John 21 . 592
4. The Gospel Easter Stories: Conclusion . 595
Part Five Belief, Event and Meaning . 598
Chapter Eighteen EASTER AND HISTORY . 599
1. Introduction . 599
2. The Tomb and the Meetings . 600
3. Two Rival Theories . 609
Chapter Nineteen THE RISEN JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD .. 629
1. Worldview, Meaning and Theology . 629
2. The Meanings of ‘Son of God’ 632
3. Shooting at the Sun? . 643
Bibliography . 645
Abbreviations . 645
A Primary Sources . 649
B Secondary Literature . 656
Indexes INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES . 688
1. Old Testament . 688
2. Apocrypha . 703
3. Pseudepigrapha . 707
4. Qumran . 710
5. Josephus . 711
6. Philo . 712
7. Rabbinic Works . 713
8. New Testament . 716
9. Christian and/or Gnostic Works . 753
10. Greco-Roman Texts . 764
11. Persian Texts . 777
12. Egyptian Texts . 777
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS . 778
INDEX OF SELECTED TOPICS . 792
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