Death And Resurrection Sparknotes

The Latin Cross displayed in nearly most if not all Protestant Churches throughout the world tells the story that Jesus is no longer on the cross but has risen. Jesus conquering death is the proclamation of our faith. The death and resurrection tells only some of the story. In the book Resurrection: The power of God for Christians and Jews, gives any reader the deeper meaning of what the kingdom of God means to us today, what it meant to Christians in antiquity and what it meant to the Jews primarily during the Second Temple period. Many of the things I was taught or learned throughout my Christian life have been challenged, as I will sprinkle some of them in this book review. As challenging as it was, this also provided me answers to questions

Madigan and Levenson’s Resurrection, is one of the most important books that all seminary students should read in their course of study. Madigan and Levenson quote Dale Allison that Jesus was seen and saw himself as the “last prophet in the cosmic drama whose mission it was to prepare his people for the eschatological finale.” This shook my foundation because prior to reading this book, my understanding was another cosmic drama to occur at the end of the age. The end of the age however, is not something to come but something has occurred at the cross and we are living in the world that has come. While this is correct and makes sense to me through reading this book and in the light of the Second temple Jewish restoration eschatology, it will not be an easy sell to my congregation. There is a running line that pulsates through seminary grads when we are pastoring and

The Hebrew Scriptures have alluded to being in the Pit, or Sheol while still living. My mind was really peaked by Rachel S. Hallote excerpt on the archaeology of the house in ancient Israel. As I read through this, I kept thinking of the words Jesus said, “In my father’s house there are many rooms.” One thing the author did not pull in was some of the other ancient African religions have the same tradition of giving the dead food as the same stated in Deut 26:13-14. While I know that was done away, it is very interesting to see how Judaism is a merging of other religions. The names of the deceased were given to siblings or others were not meant to honor or dishonor them but rather to invoke a divine