The Biblical Meaning of Resurrection
In fact, God has made him alive. . . the experience of Jesus and the power of the experience of Jesus is the same before his death and after. An interview with Dr. B. Brandon Scott
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-03-30T17:32:25-04:00April 5th, 2023|Tags: Crucifixion, Martyr, Paul, Resurrection, Sacrifice|
In fact, God has made him alive. . . the experience of Jesus and the power of the experience of Jesus is the same before his death and after. An interview with Dr. B. Brandon Scott
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-05-30T17:13:26-04:00October 4th, 2022|Tags: Divine Feminine, Gender Issues, Gospel of Mary, Mary Magdalene, Resurrection|
The journey, the spiritual journey for men, is just as important for them to tap into that divine feminine as it is for women. An interview with Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-05-04T02:04:00-04:00May 4th, 2022|Tags: Crucifixion, Eternal Life, Eucharist, Gospel of Judas, Resurrection|
Jesus is explaining it’s not a good thing that you’re going to have to do, Judas. But it’s part of what must happen for God to set the universe right. An interview with Dr. David Brakke.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-07-18T03:51:06-04:00April 25th, 2022|Tags: Early Jesus Followers, Resurrection|
Following up on the March 28, 2022, Bible and Beyond Discussion, our conversation on April 25 continued a study of articulations of Christ peoples’ consideration and elaboration of spiritual resurrection in the first two hundred years CE. Whereas the March study concentrated on the ways Paul’s letters and the Nag Hammadi “Treatise” laid out spiritual resurrection, in this discussion we expanded on notions of spiritual resurrection in passages about empty tombs and visions. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson)
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-07-18T19:33:21-04:00March 28th, 2022|Tags: Early Jesus Followers, Resurrection|
In the first two centuries, the early Jesus people understand resurrection of the body as a spiritual event -- ‘spiritual bodies’ is a key phrase. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Shirley Paulson, PhD)
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2022-02-26T01:35:50-05:00February 28th, 2022|Tags: Fundamentalism, New Testament, Paul, Resurrection, Spirituality|
The spiritual, present, collective understanding of resurrection has special longer-term promise for integrity, imagination, community, and new frameworks for divine presence.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-02-05T18:28:54-05:00February 9th, 2022|Tags: Gospel of Peter, Mary Magdalene, Noncanonical Texts, Resurrection|
The more I read these other texts, the more light I find shining on the Bible and the spiritual things I’m interested in. Getting a better view of what Mary saw in Gethsemane is worth it.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-07-18T17:39:42-04:00January 25th, 2021|Tags: Gospel of Peter, Jesus, Resurrection|
The Gospel of Peter has a story of the resurrection of Jesus like no other. The story starts in ways that are like some of the stories in the Bible, and then it veers wildly with intense metaphor that opens up completely new interpretations. Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Shirley Paulson, PhD)
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-01-21T02:26:09-05:00January 21st, 2021|Tags: Extracanonical Texts, Gospel of Peter, Paul, Resurrection|
"A number of scholars suggest that the Gospel of Peter’s story may have been one of the earliest if not the earliest. It is time to take this possibility seriously."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:06:12-05:00April 11th, 2019|Tags: Early Christian Communities, Early Jesus Followers, Jesus, Resurrection|
"Even if the stories about the crucifixion were contradictory or embellished, the fact is that there was something important about the meaning of Jesus, told in so many ways..."