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- Resurrection & the Transformation of the Messiah
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 The gospels report that the story of Jesus does not end with his death,
but rather with a resurrection from the dead. While the event itself is a statement
of faith and therefore lies outside the historian's purview, historians can nevertheless
examine the nature of the belief statements and the shape they took over the subsequent
years. The belief in Jesus' resurrection is central to the early Christians, and
eventually leads them to the further faith statements that Jesus is both the messiah
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- From today's primary reading in the gospels, be able to define what the Christian
belief in Jesus' resurrection is. Then—and this is trickier—be able to identify
some of the early beliefs about Jesus, why they were rejected, and how Christians
finally articulated their beliefs about Jesus in the Nicene and Chalcedonian creeds. You will need to drop into the optional reading to find these beliefs.
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- From the Crossan and Reed book, be able to:
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- Identify how Jesus' burial in John's gospel is depicted more like the royal burial of Augustus or Herod than it is like the typical fate of a crucified man.
- Describe what first-century Jews who believed in resurrection meant and didn't mean.
- In what four ways is Paul's proclamation of Jesus' resurrection "profoundly original"?
- Where was the proof that God had begun to justify an unjust world with Jesus' resurrection?
- How is it ultimately ironic that Jesus' death is celebrated in a marble mausoleum (the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem)?
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- Assigned Readings
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- Further Reading
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- Fitzmyer,
Joseph A., S.J. A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers. New
York: Paulist, 1981.
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- Hurtado, Larry W. "Homage
To the Historical Jesus and Early Christian Devotion." Journal
for the Study of the Historical Jesus 1(2003) 131-46.
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- Loewe,
William P. The College Student's Introduction to Christology. Collegeville, Minnesota: Michael Glazier/Liturgical Press, 1996.
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- Webb,
Robert L., ed. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
3:2 (2005). The entire issue is dedicated to discussion of the
historicity of the resurrection, designed as a dialogue with Anglican Bishop and
historical Jesus scholar N.T. Wright.
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- Williams, Rowan. "A
History of Faith in Jesus." In The Cambridge Companion to Jesus
(ed. Markus Bockmuehl; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001) 220-36.
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- Links
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- Frontline:
From Jesus to Christ - The Web site associated with a PBS series that
ran in Spring 1998. Excellent resource on the development of early Christianity.
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- Sources
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- Photograph: The Parable of the 10
Virgins, or the Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matt 25:1-13), and the Prophets David
(Ps 45:15), David (Ps 45:14), David (Ps 53:6) and Hosea (7:13), Purple Codex
of Rossano, Plate 4, Folio 2v in Mario Rotili, Il Codice Purpureo di Rossano
(Sorrento, Napoli: Di Maruo, 1980). (Z-203)
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