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by Raymond Edward Brown. 136 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Raymond Edward Brown

Publisher:

   Paulist Press

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1973
Subjects:   Jesus Christ--Resurrection, Virgin Birth
Table of contents
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
The Theological Significance of the Two Topics 2
Basic Biblical Suppositions 15
Limitations of Prophecies 15
Written by Second-Generation Christians 16
Gradual Growth of the Content 17
Limited Inerrancy 18
CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM OF THE VIRGINAL CONCEPTION OF JESUS 21
The State of the Problem 22
The Evidence from Authority 31
The Evidence from Interlocking Doctrines 38
Doctrines That Seemingly Suppose a Virginal Conception 38
The Sanctity of Mary 38
The Sinlessness of Jesus 40
The Divine Sonship of Jesus 41
Doctrines Seemingly Unfavorable to a Virginal Conception 42
The Pre-Existence of the Son of God 43
The True Humanity of Jesus 45
The Evidence from Early History 47
The Evidence from the Scriptures 52
Scriptural Arguments Against Historicity 53
The "High" Christology Implied 53
The Dubious Historicity of the Infancy Material 53
The Silence of the Rest of the 56
Scriptural Arguments Favoring Historicity 61
The Origins of the Idea of a Virginal Conception 61
The Charge of Illegitimacy 65
CHAPTER Two: THE PROBLEM OF THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS 69
The State of the Problem 70
The Earliest Christian Formulations of Resurrection Faith 78
The Shorter Formulas 78
The Formula in I Corinthians 15:3-8 81
The Sequence of Death, Burial, Resurrection, and Appearance (s) 83
Paul's List of the Recipients of the Appearances 92
The Narratives of the Appearances to the Twelve 96
General Critical Suppositions 97
The Sequence of the Appearances 99
Miscellaneous Considerations about the Appearances 111
The Gospel Narratives of the Empty Tomb 113
Details about the Burial of Jesus 113
The Evolution of the Empty Tomb Narratives 117
Conclusions 125
EPILOGUE 131
INDEX OF AUTHORS 135
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Some Contemporary Issues
Book by Gerald O'Collins; Marquette University Press, 1993
Subjects: Jesus Christ--Resurrection, Resurrection--Biblical Teaching
...LECTURE IN THEOLOGY 1993 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST: SOME CONTEMPORARY ISSUES...contemporary issues involving the resurrection of Jesus Christ ranging from the investigation...works as Jesus Risen , The Resurrection of Jesus Christ , The Easter Jesus , and...
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The Virginal Conception and Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Book by Raymond Edward Brown; Paulist Press, 1973
Subjects: Jesus Christ--Resurrection, Virgin Birth
...resurrection of Christ. ... We observe...and the bodily resurrection, I recognize with...stretching from Jesus baptism to his...material about Jesus birth. 77 Elsewhere in the Gentile Christian world of the second...that, in conceiving Jesus, Mary remained bodily...ideas known to us in Christian circles of the...
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Jesus Christ: The Risen Lord
Book by Floyd V. Filson; Abingdon Press, 1956
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Theology, Jesus Christ--Resurrection
...On the historicity of Jesus see M. Goguel, Jesus...1926 ; H. G. Wood, Did Christ Really Live? New York...itself. Its references to Jesus as the Lord 1:1; 2:1; 5:8 imply the resurrection and continued authority of Christ, and the references to...present, and future work in Jesus Christ. Such a message, consistently...Christocentric and centered in the resurrection of Jesus, may seem to...
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The Pearl of Great Price: A Selection from the Revelations, Translations, and Narrations of Joseph Smith, First Prophet, Seer and Revelator to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 8 to 13 September 1980
Book by George Albert Smith; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints, 1952
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Jesus Christ Liberator: A Critical Christology for Our Time
Book by Leonardo Boff, Patrick Hughes; Orbis Books, 1978
Subjects: Jesus Christ--Person And Offices
...Understand Himself? 145 The Resurrection of Jesus: Direct Christology 150 To the Palestinian Christian Community, Jesus Is the Christ, the Son of Man, etc. 150...
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Roman Malek, Editor. the Chinese Face of Jesus Christ
Journal article by Patrick Fulian Shan; China Review International, Vol. 12, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ (Book)
...TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII. (Heaven). While the Christian God was conceived as Tianzhu TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII. (The Lord of Heaven), Jesus was portrayed as his incarnated son. Tianzhu, similar...Lord of Heaven, his suffering on the cross, and his resurrection raised eyebrows. Hence Jesuits and Chinese converts...on anthology in volume 2 includes a discussion of Christian tracts written by both Jesuit missionaries and Chinese...the Father was emphasized while the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus were downplayed. This omission was a deliberate move...
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"In Whom Love Wrought New Alchimie": The Inversion of Christian Spiritual Resurrection in John Donne's "A Nocturnall upon S. Lucies Day"
Journal article by Mary E. Zimmer; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 51, 2002
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Hopkins and Cynewulf: "The Wreck of the Deutschland," "The Windhover," "The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe," and the Christ
Journal article by James Finn Cotter; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 43, 2005
Subjects: Hopkins, Gerard Manley, Jesus Christ, Poets
...December 8, the coming birth of Jesus, and the virgin nuns "birth...Word" in her confession of Christ in the midst of the shipwreck...Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection as a cosmic event that resonates...Works (p. 327). (9) After the Resurrection, Jesus women followers are instructed...first and last moments of Christs life on earth. Hopkins also...
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Jesus the Christ with an Asian Face
Journal article by Peter C. Phan; Theological Studies, Vol. 57, 1996
Subjects: Christianity and culture--Asia, Jesus Christ--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Philosophy, Oriental--Influence, Typology (Theology)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...3-75. (68) Ibid. 287. (69) Jesus in the Power of the Spirit...Pope-Levison and John R. Levison Jesus in Global Contexts 101-06. See also Charles Nyamiti, Christ as Our Ancestor Christology...ancestors, see Peter C. Phan, "The Christ of Asia: An Essay on Jesus as the Eldest Son and Ancestor...
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From the Humanity of Christ to the Jesus of History: A Paradigm Shift in Catholic Christology
Journal article by John P. Galvin; Theological Studies, Vol. 55, 1994
Subjects: Jesus Christ--Philosophy, Theology, Catholic--20th century, Theology, Doctrinal--Analysis
...made for including items such as the virginal conception of Jesus, his consciousness of his own divinity, his miraculous and...Eucharist, his crucifixion, his empty tomb, and his bodily resurrection. If facts such as these were disproved, Christian faith would be seriously affected.(35) Later in the essay...
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Was Jesus Christ a Revolutionary? Terry Eagleton Sifts through the Texts of the Gospels and Comes Up with Some Ambiguous Answers
Magazine article by Terry Eagleton; New Internationalist, May 2008
Subjects: Bible and literature--Analysis, Bible as literature--Analysis, Biblical literature--Analysis, Fanaticism--Religious aspects, Fanaticism--Social aspects, Jesus Christ--Evaluation
...historically dubious. It is likely that Jesus ended up on Calvary because...to do something dramatic. For Christian theology, he did -- but it turned out to be a resurrection, not a revolution. ILLUSTRATION...which Jesuss crucifixion and resurrection is meant to exemplify. In the...have believed it would. The Christian movement begins in bathos. Its...been butchered. One reason why Jesus and his followers expected the...to transfigure it through his resurrection. Like the classical tragic protagonist...all the effervescent hopes of Jesus and his entourage have come...about without our noticing. For Christian faith, however, the advent of...
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Revelation through the Centuries: The Apocalypse to Jesus Christ
Magazine article by J. Nelson Kraybill; The Christian Century, Vol. 123, October 3, 2006
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...application of Revelation that is "at odds with the pattern of Jesus life, death and resurrection as found in the gospels" is acceptable. In the light of...and Rowland argue, the Lamb is the governing image of Christ in Revelation. "The story of the Lamb who is slain offers...Empire can instruct believers today in discipleship to Jesus Christ. If Kovacs and Rowland present the broad sweep of interpretation...
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...understanding of Jesus that he detects in nearly every tenet of Christian orthodoxy. Some of his historical and theological insights...valuable. Cox rightly counters the anti-Semitism that separates Jesus from his Jewish roots and the Docetism that denies his humanity...instance, Cox describes the biblical accounts of Jesus bodily resurrection as the confused ramblings of disciples who knew no other...
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Magazine article by S. Milius; Science News, Vol. 171, May 26, 2007
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Magazine article by Amy Sullivan; Washington Monthly, Vol. 36, June 2004
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...not just because I, and millions of other Christians, would like to sit down with a spiritual thriller or watch a Jesus movie without being bombarded with conservative politics. This is a problem because when the only Christian-themed entertainment in the marketplace is laced with conservatism, Christianity itself will increasingly take on...sell 60 million copies if they had a little competition. Or if a star-studded, well-financed liberal movie about the resurrection would have stolen some of The Passions audience. But theres no reason not to try. Open up the Bible to practically...
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Poll Finds Jesus Christ Still Prevails on Easter
Newspaper article by Jennifer Harper; The Washington Times, April 23, 2000
Subjects: Jesus Christ
...Indeed. One new poll reveals that Jesus Christ still rules Easter. This despite...calendar because it celebrates the resurrection of the crucified Son of God as the...those who werent Christians rated Jesus as the holidays most potent symbol...churches has opted to rename Easter "Resurrection Sunday." Folks have just gotten...church bulletin lists the day as Resurrection Sunday. "Its just another holiday...
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Pope Presides over Easter Mass; Thousands Attend St. Peter's Basilica Candle Rites; Cites Joy, Freedom in Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 9, 2007
Subjects: Easter Vigil--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...ushering in the most important event of Christian church calendar with a lengthy service...between Good Friday, which commemorates Jesus crucifixion, and Easter Sunday, which marks his resurrection, as the most important of all vigils...important events on his calendar: his 80th birth anniversary on April 16, and the second...
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BRITAIN'S VIRGIN BIRTH? VIRGIN BIRTH? in a Case That Shocked Twenties Society, the Hon Mrs Christabel Russell Claimed Her Child Had Been Conceived without Sex - as She Sponged Herself in Her Bath. Now, 80 Years on, Will That Same Son Finally Be Able to Reveal the Truth?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 14, 2004
...River Ouse. It was one week before Christmas 1920, and the second Lord Ampthill...Dean of Godalming. In 1950, she gave birth to the Honourable John Hugo Trenchard...seemingly blessed by fortune, where the birth of a child was attended by an evil...
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WE DON'T DO MIRACLES.. WE DO HOLY TRICKS; Exclusive Duo Replicate Virgin Birth - and Are Crucified by Critics
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 29, 2005
...replicated the miracles of Jesus deny they are out to prove...founder ofTV watchdog the Christian Congress for Traditional...birth.This is THE miracle of Christmas when the Virgin Mary gave birth to the baby Jesus. Barry and Stuart went to...
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VIRGIN BIRTH STORM; after the Baby with Two Mothers, Ethical Row over Embryos Created without a Man
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 10, 2005
...research. To create embryos and then destroy them is to treat them as a tool or a piece of raw material. Roger Smith, of the Christian charity Care, said: It is the spare parts culture - can one human being be sacrificed for the good of another? Parthenogenesis...
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Jesus (Jesus Christ)
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Fundamentalism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...interpretations of the Bible and of the doctrines of the Christian faith in the face of Darwinian evolution , secularism...set forth as fundamental: the Virgin birth, the physical resurrection of Jesus, the infallibility of the Scriptures, the substitutional...
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Creed
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ ." It does not appear in its present form before 650...into hell," is omitted in the Nicene, and the words "resurrection of the body" are changed to "resurrection of the dead" in the Nicene. It is used by Roman Catholics...Churches (1963, repr. 1973); J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Creeds (1981); W. H. C. Frend, ed., Creeds, Councils...
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PARTHENOGENESIS par th nojen sis Gr.,=virgin birth, in biology, a form of reproduction in which the ovum develops into a new individual without fertilization. Natural parthenogenesis...
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