Category: Jesus’ Resurrection
The Weekly Roundup – 5.10.19
“What would lead people to make all this stuff up – all of it – from scratch? Not just embroidering or adding to existing stories about an existing person, but inventing all of the above, including the bits that clearly work against their purposes?… Continue Reading “The Weekly Roundup – 5.10.19”
The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: The Criterion of Embarassment
For other posts in this series, please visit the series’ page. The Christian Defenders’ second reason for believing that the Bible is true is that the Bible contains “embarrassing details.” They begin, If I were to create a religious book I would make sure… Continue Reading “The Christian Defenders’ 5 Reasons: The Criterion of Embarassment”
Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 6
“For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. If for this life… Continue Reading “Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 6”
The Weekly Roundup – 2.8.19
“The assertion by the opposing narrative that Elijah’s wife was a prostitute and later, that Elijah ate her son, does seem a little over the top and may indicate that the opposing narrative itself was propaganda and was responding to an even earlier narrative.… Continue Reading “The Weekly Roundup – 2.8.19”
Gerd Luedemann: Matthew’s Easter Theology
Gerd Luedemann, The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology (Fortpress Press, 1994), 135. [There] is no really no longer an appearance tradition in [Matthew 28:18-20], although with his meagre ‘when they saw him’, Matthew is indicating that he wants to relate an Easter story. Rather, what… Continue Reading “Gerd Luedemann: Matthew’s Easter Theology”
Gerd Luedemann: Elias Bickermann’s Thesis
Gerd Luedemann, The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology (Fortpress Press, 1994), 120-121. It seems to me that the thesis of Elias Bickermann must be discussed once again. He referred to the numerous stories from Christian legends of the saints and Hellenism (including the story… Continue Reading “Gerd Luedemann: Elias Bickermann’s Thesis”
Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Silence of the Women
Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, In the Company of Jesus: Characters in Mark’s Gospel (Westminster John Knox Press, 2000), 64-65. Perhaps one’s initial impression is of a certain irony to the women’s silence: throughout the narrative Jesus asks various characters to be silent and they rarely are;… Continue Reading “Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Silence of the Women”
Gerd Luedemann: Jesus’ Appearance Before the “More than 500”
Gerd Luedemann, The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1994), 107. Conclusion: The appearance before the ‘more than 500’ [1 Corinthians 15:6] as a historical phenomenon can plausibly be represented as mass ectasy which took place in the early period of the… Continue Reading “Gerd Luedemann: Jesus’ Appearance Before the “More than 500””
Gerd Luedemann: Peter in “Psychoanalytical Terms”
From Gerd Luedemann, The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, Press, 1994), 99-100. To further an understanding of Peter’s “mourning” and “vision”, reference should be made in this connection to investigations at Harvard into cases of mourning and the painful loss associated… Continue Reading “Gerd Luedemann: Peter in “Psychoanalytical Terms””
Musings on Mark: The First Witness to the Empty Tomb
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. Mark 16:5, NRSV The ending of Mark’s Gospel is famous for what it doesn’t have, namely appearances of the risen… Continue Reading “Musings on Mark: The First Witness to the Empty Tomb”
The Amateur Exegete 