Francis Sch眉ssler Fiorenza develops a fundamental theological approach to Jesus' resurrection that takes seriously the contemporary critique of foundationalism. He first discusses two different contemporary approaches within fundamental theology to the resurrection of Jesus: one emphasizing probability and ...
Jesus the man is as shrouded in mystery as his birth, but the general theories and teachings of his adult life are well known. Because of the relationship between Jesus' crucifixion and the known dates of Pontius Pilate serving as Prefect of Judea (26 - 36 AD), his death is generally as...
I know Him and trust in Him and have faith that “He who has begun a good work in [me] will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). I have assurance that my Lord “will never leave [me] nor forsake [me]” (Hebrews 13:5, etc.); if there is any ...
Jesus was resurrected, but the remains was taken away by Romantic soldiers. They took away the remains for fear of a popular insurrection. And indeed, the Roman authorities displayed the remains when heard the rumor of resurrection. However, they found that remains they displayed was not a ...
of the biblical accounts. If this king lived up to 5 B.C. or later, which may be possible, he could have been then one of the kings that visited Jesus at his birth. Or if this coin was carried by the Magii, his coin could have came and visited Jesus. Since these kings may have...
The death of jesusFor roughly three years, Jesus preached in Judaea and Galilee, drawing large, excited crowds. Many of his followers pressed him to lead a revolt against Roman authority and reestablish the kingdom of David, even though he insisted that the kingdom he would establish was ...
the traditional Passover supper of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion Easter a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ Purgatory a place between heaven and hell; a temporary in-between stage of suffering Palestine an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east...
“Immediately after Peter had earned commendation by his acknowledgement of Jesus as the Messiah, the doctrine of the crucified Messiah was proposed to him and he rejected it.” So if “…the Apostles had believed that the words ‘On this Rock I will build my church’ constituted Peter their...
He needs to reread the accounts in Genesis about the sin involved there as well as such passages as Leviticus 18:21-29; 20:13, etc. These sins were an "abomination" to God. 11. References to such miracles as the virgin birth of Christ, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, a literal ...
of this; in essence, the removal of thebreasts of female martyrs renders their bodies male; but Paul’smomentofbe-heading with the spurting of milk from his body renders him, perversely, fe-male–just as medieval accounts of saints drinking the breast milk of Christrenders Jesus as female....