Life Beyond Death in Matthew’s Gospel: Religious Metaphor orBodily Reality?
Edited by W. Weren Edited by H. van de Sandt Edited by J. Verheyden
The central question of this book is whether Jesus’ resurrection is a religious metaphor or a bodily reality. What does Matthew focus on when telling the story of Jesus’ death, the empty tomb, and the appearance to the disciples? A great variety of questions comes up for review: How does Matthew interpret the concept of resurrection and how does his picture of Jesus’ resurrection chime in with other concerns in his gospel? How does the story of God raising Jesus from the dead fit in with (other) historical facts? Does Matthew perceive Jesus’ resurrection as an event in which the body is also involved? Is resurrection more than a continuation of our temporal existence — more than a coming back to a life identical to our present life? These and other questions are dealt with in twelve papers written by distinguished scholars from across the globe. The volume is divided into two major sections. The first section deals with the variety and development of ideas and beliefs about the afterlife. It studies the relationship between Matthew’s understanding of a post-mortem existence and interpretations of that phenomenon in the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, Greco-Roman writings, early Jewish and early Christian literature. The second section moves from the broad topics to specific textual units in Matthew about resurrection, immortality, afterlife and eternal life. Various relevant texts are singled out for particular study. This volume is dedicated to Professor Wim Weren on the occasion of his retirement from the Tilburg chair of New Testament Exegesis in the School of Humanities.
- Edited by W. Weren
- Edited by H. van de Sandt
- Edited by J. Verheyden
Other Titles in this Series
Die eschatologische Rede des Spruchevangeliums Q
Redaktions- und traditionsgeschichtliche Studies zu Q 17,23-37
Volume 19
Die sieben Sendschreiben Apk 2-3
Studien zu ihrer Entstehung und ihrem Verhaltnis zum apokalyptischen Hauptteil Apk 4-22
Volume 39
Ephesische Enthullungen 1
Fruhe Christen in einer antiken Grossstadt. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Frage nach den Kontexten der Johannesapokalypse
Volume 6
The Vocabulary of Luke
An Alphabetical Presentation and a Survey of Characteristic and Noteworthy Words and Word Groups in Luke's Gospel
Volume 10
The Spirit Helps our Weakness
Rom 8:26a in Light of Paul's Missiological Purpose for Writing the Letter to the Romans
Volume 36
Constructing Religious Identities during the Second Temple Period / Construction des identites religieuses a l’epoque du Second Temple
Festschrift for Jean Duhaime on the Occasion of his 86th birthday
Volume 24
L’ange et la sueur de sang (Lc 22,43-44) ou comment on pourraitbien encore écrire l’histoire
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Der erste Petrusbrief und die johanneischen Schriften
Versuch einer traditionsgeschichtlichen Verhältnisbestimmung
Volume 46
Studien zu Einleitungsfragen und zur Theologie und Exegese des Neuen Testaments
Gesammelte Aufsatze von Peter Dschulnigg
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Theologizing in the Corinthian Conflict
Studies in the Exegesis and Theology of 2 Corinthians
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