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| Home » Easter Enigma (Contemporary Evangelical Perspectives) | | | | | | | Description: | | Are the resurrection accounts in conflict? Many contemporary New Testament scholars would say yes and point to numerous inconsistencies and variations. But John Wenham takes these narratives and shows that it is possible to harmonize the accounts into a comprehensive historical sequence. A measure of reasoned conjecture and historical imagination is unavoidable in an effort like this, and the book does not claim to be more than a possible reconstruction. Not all will agree with Wenham's reasoning and conclusions, but his creative approach will contribute to a renewed interest in the historical context of the resurrection. --- from book's back cover | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| John William Wenham | | Paperback:
| 162 pages | | Publisher:
| Academie Books | | Publication Date:
| 1984 | | ISBN:
| 031029861X | | Package Length:
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9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
a rare combination -- informative and suspensefulDec 27, 2006
By kleytos
"kleytos"
John Wenham is an author with whom many should be familiar. He taught Greek at Oxford University for many years, and is the author of first-rate books like "Christ and the Bible" and "Redating Matthew, Mark, and Luke." This book continues his excellent history of writing scholarly and accessible books.
He lived in Jerusalem in 1945 and begins the book with a layout of the city, taking the reader on a mini-tour through the city. He shows you where the tomb probably was, where Mark's house would have been (site of the Last Supper), where Mary and Martha would have lived, Caiaphas' house, etc. By the end of the chapter, you feel like you are experiencing a taste of the city circa 30 AD. He then unfolds each of the characters in the resurrection accounts (Mary Magadalene, Joanna, Mary of Clopas). People who might have seemed unimportant (such as Joanna) take on fresh new import in the book.
He then takes the reader chronologically through the major events of Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Because he elaborated the geography, you can almost feel yourself with the disciples congregating into two locations on Saturday with disappointment and uncertainity. By tracing the paths of people to and from the tomb, Wenham renders each of the gospels with fresh perspective (for example Matthew being told from Bethany, and John from inside Jerusalem). You will see how beautifully the gospels harmonize and that apparent contradictions melt away with close reading.
Wenham interacts with scholarly critics in the book, and you will understand important themes of genre as the book unfolds.
This book is profitable for anyone who wants to deeply understand the gospels. It will change your understanding of the New Testament.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Compelling, factualFeb 26, 2006
By Anne-Marie E. Nakhla
An engaging assimilation of the four gospel accounts of the resurrection.
The Bible's differing accounts of details of the resurrection seem to pose a problem for serious Bible students: how can scripture be historically accurate if the gospels don't agree? Whenham delves into the biographies of the witnesses and locates the places geographically. He makes good historical sense of scripture's seeming contradictions and forms a compelling argument for Jesus' resurrection.
An excellent apologetic resource that reads with all the interest of a detective story.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Very important bookFeb 18, 2009
By D. Nancekivell
"abd al-masih"
This book not only lays to rest doubts about the compatibility of the resurrection narratives, but it enables the reader to relive the story in his imagination in a way most drier commentaries about the Easter story do not. One is taken into the story in every detail and made aware of connections that make it all the more compelling: for instance, the fact that Jesus and John were cousins. This book deserves much wider reading, as do all of John Wenham's books.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Well worth readingOct 18, 2010
By TRA
"TRA"
John Wenham is the highly-respected scholar of New Testament (Koiné) Greek who authored the second edition of "The Elements of New Testament Greek", which was published in 1965 and was used for at least the next forty years as the principal teaching book in many countries around the world for students of NT Greek. His familiarity with the original texts and his authority in interpreting linguistic questions is therefore unchallengeable.
Wenham is reported to have lived in Jerusalem in 1945, and he demonstrates a clear understanding of the locations (and alleged locations) of the main sites of relevance to the passion, crucifixion, burial and resurrection appearances of Christ both within Jerusalem and in the surrounding area.
These two facts placed him in an excellent position to analyse the accounts and present a harmonisation of them. Wenham argues cogently for the reliability of the texts that we now have. In bringing all the accounts together into one time-line, his point of departure is that each author principally told only those parts of the story that he had personally experienced or that were relevant to his audience.
Wenham's writing is authoritative yet easy to read. Where supporting arguments are based on conjecture, he says so and indicates the importance or otherwise of such conjecture with regard to the chronology at that point.
I believe that he is in error ( in chapter 2) in identifying Luke's "sinful woman" (8:36-50) with Mary of Bethany (the sister of Martha and Lazarus), and Mary of Bethany with Mary of Magdala, but to his credit he also presents the evidence that undermines his assumption, and he admits that "this identification is in no way essential to the harmonization of the narratives".
The book contains a series of maps or plans that illustrate the locations and help to clarify the movements of the people involved.
In spite of my reservations on the one point indicated above, I consider this to be an extremely helpful guide to the sequence of events covered by the New Testament texts. The chronology presented is probably at very least extremely close to the original sequence of events. This fascinating book has increased my understanding of what happened when, and I recommend it to anyone one interested in this topic.
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Easter EnigmaNov 17, 2006
By cortezhill
Are the resurrection accounts in conflict?
Many contemporary New Testament scholars would say yes and point to numerous inconsistencies and variations. But John Wenham takes these narratives and shows that it is possible to harmonize the accounts into a comprehensive historical sequence. A measure of reasoned conjecture and historical imagination is unavoidable in an effort like this, and the book does not claim to be more than a possible reconstruction. Not all will agree with Wenham's reasoning and conclusions, but his creative approach will contribute to a renewed interest in the historical context of the resurrection.
--- from book's back cover
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