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"Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?"- Acts 26:8

Alford, Henry

The State of the Blessed Dead ~ Alford was a staunch futurist, and there are many points in this book from which I would depart, but he raises some solid points for the resurrection

Bowman, Robert M.

http://www.forananswer.org/Top_JW/Romans%208_11_Bowman.htmRomans 8:11 and the Resurrection Body

Camp, Norman H.

The Resurrection of the Human Body ~ this is a very basic level book from a typical dispensational background, however it is unusual in that this author does take the odd view that our rez bodies will have no blood

Craig, William Lane

The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus

Cullman, Oscar

Immorality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Body"

Culver, Robert D.

A Wake Up Call ~ excellent refutation of Murray Harris' nonsense

Field, David

Resurrection ~ notes on terminology taken from Crossan and Reed

Geisler, Norman

The Battle for the Resurrection ~ excellent refutation of Murray Harris' nonsense

Interview regarding The Battle for the Resurrection

In Defense of the Resurrection~ excellent refutation of Murray Harris' nonsense

I Believe... in the Resurrection of the Flesh

The Significance of Christ's Physical Resurrection

Gibson Productions

Lessons on the Resurrection ~ links are here, here, and here

Grimes, Bill

Our Blessed Hope: My Defense of Orthodox Eschatology

Hanegraaff, Hank

Resurrection ~ more of a popular level treatment, but a good read nonetheless

Hughes-Games, Ven J.

On the Nature of the Resurrection Body ~ an old work that is kind of a mixed bag, there are some excellent parts, and some that are cringingly bad in their hyperliteralism

Jackson, Jeff

Physical Resurrection

Jackson, Wayne

Why Did the Resurrected Jesus Not Appear to His Enemies?

Peoples, Glenn

A Non-Material Body?

Is the Resurrection History?

Schep, J.A.

The Nature of the Resurrection Body ~ These older works are awesome

Smith, Ralph Allen

A Neglected Millennial Passage from St. Paul

Stokes, Cheri

Anastasis in the New Testament ~ a word study (PDF file hosted here)

Mnemeion in the New Testament ~ a word study (PDF file hosted here)

Of or From the Dead ~ a word study

Resurrection ~ a Scriptural index (PDF file hosted here)

Strawbridge, Greg

An Exegetical Defense of Postmillennialism from 1 Corinthians 15:24-26 ~ the resurrection is central in this paper

Tertullian

On the Resurrection of the Flesh

Wright, N.T.

The Resurrection of the Son of God ~ The Wright Stuff, selected excerpts from this work

You Can't Keep a Justified Man Down

Interesting Resurrection Quotes

From Justin Martyr's Dialog with Trypho: "I am not so miserable a fellow, Trypho, as to say one thing and think another. I admitted to you formerly, that I and many others are of this opinion, and (believe) that such will take place, as you assuredly are aware; but, on the other hand, I signified to you that many who belong to the pure and pious faith, and are true Christians, think otherwise. Moreover, I pointed out to you that some who are called Christians, but are godless, impious heretics, teach doctrines that are in every way blasphemous, atheistical, and foolish. But that you may know that I do not say this before you alone, I shall draw up a statement, so far as I can, of all the arguments which have passed between us; in which I shall record myself as admitting the very same things which I admit to you. For I choose to follow not men or men's doctrines, but God and the doctrines (delivered) by Him. For if you have fallen in with some who are called Christians, but who do not admit this (truth), and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, are taken to heaven; do not imagine that they are Christians, even as one, if he would rightly consider it, would not admit that the Sadducees, or similar sects of Genistae, Meristae, Galilaeans, Hellenists, Pharisees, Baptists, are Jews (do not hear me impatiently when I tell you what I think), but are (only) called Jews and children of Abraham, worshipping God with the lips, as God Himself declared, but the heart was far from Him. But I and others, who are right-minded Christians on all points, are assured that there will be a resurrection of the dead, and a thousand years in Jerusalem, which will then be built, adorned, and enlarged, (as) the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah and others declare."

This is a very early condemnation of gnosticism, and those gnostics believe exactly how today's NeoHyms do. They were heretics now, and they were heretics then. Now some NeoHym may declare, "Ah ha! But Justin says that "a thousand years in Jerusalem" is the right doctrine," and so he does, but one must notice something very interesting. When he condemns the gnostics he does not mention the denial of premillennialism, but just their resurrection heresy. He goes on to tell Trypho that in his opinion a right-minded doctrine of the resurrection would be premillennial; however, it is not a point of division or condemnation. How do I know that? The context of the first sentence of this quote is Justin's prior talk of premillennialism, yet then he confesses to Trypho that there are true Christians who believe otherwise, he just simply thinks they are wrong. This has been the consistent testimony of the Church. But of course a relatively recent and unschooled band of heretics think they know better.

Polycarp 7:1 For every one who shall not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is antichrist: and whosoever shall not confess the testimony of the Cross, is of the devil; and whosoever shall pervert the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts and say that there is neither resurrection nor judgment, that man is the firstborn of Satan.

Oh Poly YOU BIG UNCIVIL IMPOLITE MEANIE!!!!!!!! image

Irenaeus, AD 180 The Church, through scattered through the whole world to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and their disciples the faith in one God... and in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who became flesh for our salvation;... and the resurrection from the dead, and the bodily assumption into heaven of the beloved Christ Jesus our Lord, and His appearing from heaven in the glory of the Father, to comprehend all things under one head, and to raise up all flesh of all mankind."

 

N.T. Wright - The Resurrection of the Son of God ...despite those who have tried to keep them apart, very early Christianity should itself properly be seen as a sub-branch of first-century Judaism. Studying these two closely related movement is the place to start. These are the initial targets at which the historical arrows are to be aimed.

The point of this obvious suggestion is its negative corollary. Many studies of the resurrection have begun by examining the accounts of the Easter experiences in Paul and the gospels, subjecting those accounts to detailed traditio-historical analysis. This puts the cart before the horse. Such analysis is always speculative; until we know what resurrection meant [DDW - egad, it actually meant something!!!!] in that world, we are unlikely to get it right. This is not just a matter of seeing the big picture ahead of the little details, though that is important too; it is about knowing what we are talking about before we begin to talk about it.

Now most hyperpreterists will counter with a yawn that they do not deny all this... when it comes to Jesus... but they do pull the switcheroo when it comes to US, despite that the two are both conceptually, philosophically, and most importantly Biblically related. Resurrection cannot mean one thing when it comes to Jesus and something else when it comes to us. The world in which this appeared does not allow us that possibility.

N.T. Wright - The Resurrection of the Son of God You may be allowed to eat meat offered to idols, but you cannot deny the future bodily resurrection and claim that denial as an allowable Christian option.
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