This is a story about Google, not First Word. But to make make the case I will be developing here, I will need to present evidence, Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Berman on Law and Religion
The topic addressed in this little book is important, asking such questions as what is law? where did it come from? what are the dynamics Continue reading
N. T. Wright on the Resurrection
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The thesis is that the “Easter belief” of the early Christians (a) refers intentionally to a literal, physical (not merely spiritual) raising of Jesus from the dead, and (b) the mode and breadth of this belief can only be explained on the hypothesis that that is what actually happened. The thesis is pursued in specific and detailed interaction with the Leben Jesu literature, most of which denies the resurrection. The characteristic emphasis that we would expect from Wright is Continue reading