Resurrection Summit
{{Short description|1996 meeting of biblical scholars}}
The Resurrection Summit was a meeting held at St. Joseph's Seminary, New York, 7 to 11 April 1996.Wilkins, John. A Summit Observed, in Davis, Stephen T., Kendall, Daniel and O'Collins, Gerald (1998) The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus. Oxford: Oxford University PressBriggs, David. Scholars discusses relevance of belief in resurrection. The Fresno Bee, Apr. 13, 1996Harrington, Daniel J. "The Resurrection." America, vol. 178, no. 7, 7 Mar. 1998, pp. 23+
The summit gathered international biblical scholars in order to discuss the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead. One of the organizers of the summit was Gerald O'Collins, who, at the time, was a theology professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.Levin, Martin The search for the historical Jesus looses a tiger in the temple Climate of Ideas. The Globe and Mail, Apr. 13, 1996 The summit papers were later compiled into a book.Nineham, D. (1998). [Review of The Resurrection. An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus, by S. T. Davis, D. Kendall, & G. O’Collins]. The Journal of Theological Studies, 49(2), 907–909. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23968844 In his reflection upon the summit Wilkins noted that the essays offered a reply to the conclusions of the Jesus Seminar.
Book
The book, called The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus, was edited by S. T. Davis, D. Kendall and G. O'Collins, and included contributions from Alan Segal, Janet Soskice, Brian Johnstone, Richard Swinburne, Stephen Davis, Marguerite Shuster, William Craig, William Alston, Carey Newman, Sarah Coakley, John Wilkens, Gerald O'Collins, Peter Carnley, Alan Padgett and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza.Carson, D.A. The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus. Christianity Today, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p67, 2p According to Nineham the main concern of the book was "with the objective reality of Resurrection and the risen Christ". The chapters included contributions from biblical studies, systematic theology, the philosophy of religion, homiletics, liturgy, fundamental theology, the study of religious art, apologetics, and literary criticism. In his review of the book Carson noted that "the volume remains a useful reflection of the breadth of current discussion about the resurrection of Jesus". Mathewes Mathewes, Charles. Book review: The Resurrection by Stephen Davis, Daniel Kendall and Gerald O'Collins. Journal of Religion, Vol. 79, No. 2 (Apr., 1999), pp. 306-307 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1206650 noted that "the essays range from polemics, through positive arguments for the reality of the Resurrection, to discussions of its proper theological significance".
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External links
[https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0198269854.001.0001/acprof-9780198269854?rskey=Ft6N3V&result=1 Oxford Scholarship Online - The Resurrection]