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This is the first Patristic book to focus on the development of the belief

in the Resurrection of Christ through the first centuries A.D.

By Paul, Christ’s Resurrection is regarded as the basis of Christian

hope. In the fourth century it becomes a central Christian tenet. But

what about the discrepancy in the first three centuries? Vinzent offers

an eye-opening experience with insights into the craftsmanship of

early Christianity – the earliest existential debates about life and

death, death and life – all centred on the cross, on suffering, enduring

and sacrifice.

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August 2011

282 pages

Hardback

978-1-4094-1791-0

£60.00

Paperback

978-1-4094-1792-7

£19.99

Christ’s Resurrection in

Early Christianity

and the Making of the New Testament

Markus Vinzent

, King’s College London UK

‘Professor Vinzent takes the reader on a fascinating journey through virtually every Christian text from the

first two centuries in order to demonstrate the validity of his thesis. His judgments…are based on a

thorough reading of the evidence. This book constitutes a great achievement to which I am sure I shall have

frequent recourse.’

– Gerd Lüdemann, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany

‘Potentially revolutionary, utterly controversial, and endlessly fascinating, this book … raises as many

questions about the contours of early Christianity and the emergence of the canon as it seeks to answer. It

will surely spark scholarly debate and discussion for years to come. No serious scholar of early Christianity

can ignore it.’

– Mark DelCogliano, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota , USA

‘Markus Vinzent’s new monograph tackles head-on the grossly undertreated historical problem of the dearth

of literary expositions and artistic representations of the resurrection of Jesus in pre-Nicene Christianity…

Vinzent’s study exposes how the passion of Christ, for a sustained period, dominated early Christian

soteriology in its doctrinal and liturgical manifestations. This book will significantly aid in revising historical

reconstructions of Christian identity in its formative stages in antiquity.’

– Paul M. Blowers, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, USA

Sample pages for published titles are available to view online at: www.ashgate.com

Contents:

the end; Paul and the Resurrection rediscovered; Celebrating life and

death; Bibliography; Index.

Introduction: a rise of the risen Christ?; The beginnings of
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