Hebrews appears to have little interest in Jesus' resurrection. Drawing on contemporary studies of Jewish sacrifice, Jewish apocalyptic literature, and fresh exegetical insights, this volume argues ...that Jesus' resurrection forms the conceptual center of Hebrews' Christological and soteriological reflection.
This book provides an original and comprehensive assessment of the hypotheses concerning the origin of resurrection Christology. It fills a gap in the literature by addressing these issues using a ...transdisciplinary approach involving historical-critical study of the New Testament, theology, analytic philosophy, psychology, and comparative religion.Using a novel analytic framework, this book demonstrates that a logically exhaustive list of hypotheses concerning the claims of Jesus’ post-mortem appearances and the outcome of Jesus’ body can be formulated. It addresses these hypotheses in detail, including sophisticated combinations of hallucination hypothesis with cognitive dissonance; memory distortion; and confirmation bias. Addressing writings from both within and outside of Christianity, it also demonstrates how a comparative religion approach might further illuminate the origins of Christianity.This is a thorough study of arguably the key event in the formation of the Christian faith. As such, it will be of keen interest to theologians, New Testament scholars, philosophers, and scholars of religious studies.
Why is the Resurrection of Christ so remote, almost non-existent in many early Christian writings of the first 140 years of Christianity? This is the first Patristic book to focus on the development ...of the belief in the Resurrection of Christ through the first centuries A.D.
By Paul, Christ's Resurrection is regarded as the basis of Christian hope. In the fourth century it becomes a central Christian tenet. But what about the discrepancy in the first three centuries?
This thought provoking book explores this core topic in Christian culture and theology. Taking a broad approach - including iconography, archaeology, history, philosophy, Jewish Studies and theology - Markus Vinzent offers innovative reading of well known biblical and other texts complemented by rarely discussed evidence.
Christ's Resurrection in Early Christianity takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the wilderness of unorthodox perspectives in the breadth of early Christian writings. It is an eye-opening experience with insights into the craftsmanship of early Christianity - and the earliest existential debates about life and death, death and life - all centred on the cross, on suffering, enduring and sacrifice.
The fate of the deficient souls (children, dunces and insane persons) is one the most challengeable issues of the resurrection (ma'ād) that from a long time ago has occupied the philosophers’ mind ...because every answer to this subject confronts special problems. If we believe that these souls have the resurrection (ma'ād) then it is difficult to explain how these souls have the reward and punishment and if we negate the resurrection (ma'ād) of these souls then it is inconsistent with some other religious declarations (formal statements) and also with some philosophical opinions that believe these souls are the owner of the incorporeal soul. The aim of this research is to study Avicenna’s opinions about the fate of these souls. Although Avicenna has not clarified the accurate and broad meaning of the deficient souls but explicitly has discussed this subject in his several books and believes that the resurrection (ma'ād) is for all people and includes the deficient souls. The principles of Avicenna’s anthropology strengthen this opinion. But concerning the quality (characteristic) of the resurrection and positions of these souls in the Last Day (Akhirah), Avicenna’s words are double-minded. Sometimes he agrees to those who believe that these souls join to heavens (al-aflak), sometimes he refers the fate of the deficient souls to the vast divine mercy, sometimes he places the deficient souls in the group of the prosperous, sometimes he believes these souls will not be assigned either to bliss or damnation and sometimes he generalizes the concept of the deficient souls and ‘the synthesis of his optimistic vision and the problem of salvation he situates majority of people within this concept.
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament ...studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related fields. The series is grounded in a historical-critical approach and also explores new methodological approaches that advance our understanding of the New Testament and its world.
Artykuł podejmuje analizę homilii Augustyna, w których kaznodzieja objaśnia wydarzenie ukazania się Zmartwychwstałego uczniom w Wieczerniku. Duszpasterz Hippony wykorzystał je duszpastersko, ...akcentując zachowanie Jezusa potwierdzające realność Jego zmartwychwstałego ciała. Duszpasterski wysiłek koncentrował się więc z jednej strony na polemice z niektórymi herezjami, z drugiej na ukazaniu właściwej nauki na temat bóstwa i człowieczeństwa Chrystusa. Poza tym kaznodzieja wykorzystał biblijną perykopę, by wskazać na znaczenie wspólnoty Kościoła oraz wyjaśnić niektóre wątpliwości związane z wiarą w zmartwychwstanie umarłych.
The alarming current and predicted species extinction rates have galvanized conservationists in their efforts to avoid future biodiversity losses, but for species extinct in the wild, few options ...exist. We posed the questions, can these species be restored, and, if so, what role can ex situ plant collections (i.e., botanic gardens, germplasm banks, herbaria) play in the recovery of plant genetic diversity? We reviewed the relevant literature to assess the feasibility of recovering lost plant genetic diversity with using ex situ material and the probability of survival of subsequent translocations. Thirteen attempts to recover species extinct in the wild were found, most of which used material preserved in botanic gardens (12) and seed banks (2). One case of a locally extirpated population was recovered from herbarium material. Eight (60%) of these cases were successful or partially successful translocations of the focal species or population; the other 5 failed or it was too early to determine the outcome. Limiting factors of the use of ex situ source material for the restoration of plant genetic diversity in the wild include the scarcity of source material, low viability and reduced longevity of the material, low genetic variation, lack of evolution (especially for material stored in germplasm banks and herbaria), and socioeconomic factors. However, modern collecting practices present opportunities for plant conservation, such as improved collecting protocols and improved cultivation and storage conditions. Our findings suggest that all types of ex situ collections may contribute effectively to plant species conservation if their use is informed by a thorough understanding of the aforementioned problems. We conclude that the recovery of plant species currently classified as extinct in the wild is not 100% successful, and the possibility of successful reintroduction should not be used to justify insufficient in situ conservation.
Colecciones Ex Situ y su Potencial para la Restauración de Plantas Extintas
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Las alarmantes tasas de extinción actuales y pronosticadas han incitado a los conservacionistas a esforzarse para evitar las futuras pérdidas de biodiversidad, pero para las especies que ya se encuentran extintas en vida silvestre existen pocas opciones. Nos preguntamos si estas especies pueden ser restauradas, y de ser así, qué papel pueden desempeñar las colecciones ex situ de plantas (es decir, jardines botánicos, bancos de germoplasma, herbarios) en la recuperación de la diversidad genética de las plantas. Revisamos la literatura relevante para evaluar la factibilidad de la recuperación de la diversidad genética perdida y la probabilidad de supervivencia subsecuente de las reubicaciones. Encontramos 13 intentos por recuperar especies extintas en vida silvestre, la mayoría de los cuales usó material preservado en jardines botánicos (12) y en bancos de semillas (2). También hubo un caso de una población eliminada localmente que fue recuperada con material de un herbario. Ocho (60%) de estos casos fueron reubicaciones exitosas o parcialmente exitosas de la especie o población focal; los otros cinco fallaron o era demasiado pronto para poder determinar el resultado. Los factores que limitan el uso de material proveniente de colecciones ex situ para la restauración de la diversidad genética de las plantas en vida silvestre incluyen la escasez de material original, la baja viabilidad y la longevidad reducida del material, la baja variación genética, la falta de evolución (especialmente para el material almacenado en herbarios y bancos de germoplasma) y los factores socioeconómicos. A pesar de esto, las prácticas modernas de colección representan una oportunidad para la conservación de las plantas, como los protocolos mejorados de recolección y las condiciones acrecentadas de cultivo y almacenamiento. Nuestros hallazgos sugieren que todos los tipos de colecciones ex situ pueden contribuir efectivamente a la conservación de especies de plantas si su uso está respaldado por un entendimiento a fondo de los problemas antes mencionados. Concluimos que la recuperación de especies de plantas que actualmente están clasificadas como extintas en vida silvestre no es 100% exitosa y que la posibilidad de una reintroducción exitosa no debería utilizarse para justificar una conservación in situ insuficiente.
Article impact statement: Ex situ collections avoid loss of plant diversity, but recovering lost genetic diversity from ex situ material only is highly challenging.
The Resurrection of Jesus provides an explanatorily powerful hypothesis accounting for the emergence of “resurrection” belief within the framework of the comparative study of religion. This review ...article focuses on a central question that illuminates the methodological and theoretical implications attending this project, namely, “What does it mean to say that Jesus ‘rose from the dead?’” Challenging the idea that this explanatory model allows for Christian theological claims to be inferred, this article explores how the category of “resurrection” can be problematized in historical discourse—not only because “resurrection” implies an eschatological narrative that was never fulfilled—but also to avoid the theologically freighted implications of the category in the historical study of Christian origins.
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