{"product_id":"the-resurrection-of-the-son-of-god-christian-origins-and-the-question-of-god-volume-3-9780800626792","title":"The Resurrection of the Son of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God: Volume 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question - which any historian must face - renowned New Testament scholar N. T. Wright focuses on the key question: what precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about this belief? This book, third in Wright's series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his \"appearances.\" How do we explain these phenomena? The early Christians' answer was that Jesus had indeed been bodily raised from the dead; that was why they hailed him as the messianic \"son of God.\" No modern historian has come up with a more convincing explanation. Facing this question, we are confronted to this day with the most central issues of worldview and theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWright, N. T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eN. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the worlds leading Bible scholars. He is now Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St. Andrews and is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. He is the author of over seventybooks, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Testament and the People of God\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eJesus and the Victory of God\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and\u003ci\u003e The Resurrection of the Son of God\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), published by Fortress Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606995505426,"sku":"9780800626792","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be066254-c66a-4d6a-942c-4b1af1d8b191.jpg?v=1732302581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-resurrection-of-the-son-of-god-christian-origins-and-the-question-of-god-volume-3-9780800626792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}