Debates Over the Resurrection of the Dead - Constructing Early Christian Identity

This volume is a study of discourses on the resurrection of the dead, examining how early Christian writers developed key texts from the New Testament on the theme and showing that belief in resurrection became a marker of Christian identity.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1 What Is Resurrection?; 2 Resurrection and Deviance; 3 Resurrection - With or Without the Flesh?; 4 When Will Resurrection Take Place?; Conclusions; Works cited

About the author

Outi Lehtipuu earned her Ph.D. in Theology at the University of Helsinki in 2004. She works as an Academy Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical Studies of the University of Helsinki. Dr Lehtipuu has published widely on the New Testament, Early Christianity, and gender studies.

Summary

This volume is a study of discourses on the resurrection of the dead, examining how early Christian writers developed key texts from the New Testament on the theme and showing that belief in resurrection became a marker of Christian identity.

Additional text

Clearly written and finely argued study discussing a wide range of biblical, other Jewish and -- in particular -- early Christian texts.

Product details

• Authors: Outi Lehtipuu, Outi (Academy Research Fellow and Lectur Lehtipuu, Lehtipuu Outi
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2014
• EAN: 9780198724810
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872481-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Early Christian Studies; Oxford Early Christian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Theologie, Christentum, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Religion - Theology, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, The Early Church, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics