The Reality of the Resurrection: The New Testament Witness

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The Reality of the Resurrection This page intentionally left blank The Reality of the Resurrection The New Testament Witness Stefan Alkier Leroy A. Huizenga TRANSLATOR BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS © 2013 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798-7363 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of Baylor University Press. The Reality of the Resurrection was originally published in German as Die Realität der Auferweckung in, nach und mit den Schriften des Neuen Testaments © 2009 Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG. English translation by Leroy A. Huizenga, with David Moffitt. eISBN: 978-1-60258-978-0 (e-PDF) This E-book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor. Readers who encounter any issues with formatting, text, linking, or readability are encouraged to notify the publisher at BUP_Production@baylor.edu. To inquire about permission to use selections from this text, please contact Baylor University Press, One Bear Place, #97363, Waco, Texas 76798. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alkier, Stefan. [Realität der Auferweckung in, nach und mit den Schriften des Neuen Testaments . English] The reality of the resurrection : the New Testament witness / Stefan Alkier ; Translated by Leroy A. Huizenga ; Foreword by Richard B. Hays. 351 pages cm “The Reality of the Resurrection was originally published in German as Die Realität der Auferweckung in, nach und mit den Schriften des Neuen Testaments © 2009 Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG. English translation by Leroy A. Huizenga, with David Moffitt.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60258-977-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Resurrection—Biblical teaching. 2. Jesus Christ—Resurrection. 3. Bible. N.T.—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. BS2545.R47A4513 2013 232’.5—dc23 2013008945 For my father Friedrich Anton Alkier (1930–2005) The reality of things consists in their persistent forcing themselves upon our recognition. —Charles Sanders Peirce (1893 paper on “Fallibilism, Continuity, and Evolution”; CP 1.175) Thus I stand here, then, with my comfort and my hope alone in the Word of Scripture, modest and yet so rich, “It doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2], and in the powerful prayer of the Lord: “Father, I would that where I am, they also may be whom Thou hast given me” [John 17:24]. —Friedrich D. E. Schleiermacher, on the occasion of the burial of his son Nathanael on November 1, 1829 (translated in This Incomplete One) What God has promised, he is also able to do. —Paul, Romans 4:21b ...