Resurrection
myth or reality? : a bishop's search for the origins of Christianity
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Author
Publication
1994 - HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, Calif., California
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveresurrectionmyth00spon
- Internet Archiveresurrectionmyth0000spon
- ISBN-100060675462
- ISBN-100060675470
- ISBN-139780060675462
and 8 more
- ISBN-139780060675479
- LibraryThing24745
- Goodreads372621', '6395869
- Library of Congress Control Number93025114
- OCLC Control Number28338274
- Better World Books9780060675479
- Better World Books9780060675462
- Open LibraryOL1415634M
Classifications
- DDC232/.5
- LCCBT481 .S684 1994
- LCCBT481.S684 1994
Description
A daring examination of the foundational event of Christianity, and an inspiring vision for reconciliation between Jews and Christians from the bestselling author and widely respected Bishop John Shelby Spong.Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical validity of literal narrative concerned the Ressurection. He asserts that the resurrection story was born in an experience that opened the disciples' eyes to the reality of God and the meaning of Jesus of Nazareth. Spong traces the Christian origins of anti-Semitism to the Church's fabrication of the ultimate Jewish scapegoat, Judas Iscariot. He affirms the inclusiveness of the Christian message and emphasizes the necessity of mutual integrity and respect among Christians and Jews.
First Sentence
When I was doing my theological training in the 1950s, the word midrash was not heard with any frequency.
Description
The Episcopal Bishop of Newark compares the New Testament witness to antecedents in the Hebrew scriptures, arguing that many of the details of Jesus' life, and especially his crucifix, derive from the Jewish tradition of Midrash.
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- Resurrection: myth or reality? : a bishop's search for the origins of Christianity
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