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Penned by two Harvard Univerity professors, this is a scholarly and informative work.

The following is a summary:

It describes, sometimes in a painstaking way, the gradual and slow gestation of the modern concept of resurrection in Judaism and Christianity, which is quite different from that in antiquity, but importantly and crucially, does derive from and possess developmental continuity from the earlier and much older ideas.

Before Ezekiel and Daniel, passages in the Old Testament seldom discuss a personal resurrection. It is suggested that in the past, a person's life was inextricably related to his or her family, community, and society. Therefore the emphasis was on the continuation and perpetuation of his or her name, family line, tribe and people. The aspiration was to die accomplished, namely under the blessing of God, at least figuratively if not literally.

Around the time Ezekiel and Daniel were written, the development of the concept of a personal type of resurrection started to materialize. Yet even then this personal type of resurrection was still linked to the older concepts of revival, and healing of the community and the people as a group.

With time, other ideas and concepts from other cultures gave some indirect influence on the Jewish concepts of resurrection, namely Platonism and Zoroastrianism. At and after the times of Jesus, finally a kind or type of concept of resurrection that more closely resembles our modern conceptualization appeared. This is described very nicely in the final three chapters of the book (pages 201-257).

So overall it is a satisfying book but it does requires some patience as a large part of the book is on the historical development and background and is very scholarly indeed.


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Resurrection The Power of God for Christians and Jews edition by Prof Kevin J Madigan Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews

This book is a scholarly analysis of the development of the doctrine of the resurrection of the body for Christianity and Judaism. It analyzes the Old and New Testament, the Talmud, the writings of Gnostics, and the Christian Fathers about the resurrection. Though it is written for believers and non-believers, the authors believe God's justice requires the resurrection of the body and the book is a strong apology for faith. For example

"Tertullian and Irenaeus firmly believed that if the Gnostic notions of the body and resurrection were true, this meant that Christians had not really been saved. The stakes were that high. To suggest that such men were really more interested in securing thier own comfortable existence or power is to misrepresent or misunderstand them woefully, to present them falsely, and to obscure how seriously and conscientiously such thinkers wrestled with the truth of the claim that Christ had been raised and that all of his followers would be raised on the last day."(page 234)
I was pleased to find this book. It is an excellent treatment of a very important subject. The service was excellent.
Excellent, but very scholarly. Not casual reading.
Do you want to feel good or do you want to know the facts and reality of the Resurrection.
Buy this book
Penned by two Harvard Univerity professors, this is a scholarly and informative work.

The following is a summary

It describes, sometimes in a painstaking way, the gradual and slow gestation of the modern concept of resurrection in Judaism and Christianity, which is quite different from that in antiquity, but importantly and crucially, does derive from and possess developmental continuity from the earlier and much older ideas.

Before Ezekiel and Daniel, passages in the Old Testament seldom discuss a personal resurrection. It is suggested that in the past, a person's life was inextricably related to his or her family, community, and society. Therefore the emphasis was on the continuation and perpetuation of his or her name, family line, tribe and people. The aspiration was to die accomplished, namely under the blessing of God, at least figuratively if not literally.

Around the time Ezekiel and Daniel were written, the development of the concept of a personal type of resurrection started to materialize. Yet even then this personal type of resurrection was still linked to the older concepts of revival, and healing of the community and the people as a group.

With time, other ideas and concepts from other cultures gave some indirect influence on the Jewish concepts of resurrection, namely Platonism and Zoroastrianism. At and after the times of Jesus, finally a kind or type of concept of resurrection that more closely resembles our modern conceptualization appeared. This is described very nicely in the final three chapters of the book (pages 201-257).

So overall it is a satisfying book but it does requires some patience as a large part of the book is on the historical development and background and is very scholarly indeed.