“I Have Seen the Lord” (John 20:18): Women Witnesses to the Resurrection
If one goes to the fountainhead of the Gospel accounts concerning women as witnesses to Christ's resurrection, one has good reason to posit the following: (a) that women were the first to hear the Easter message; (b) that women, in gathering Jesus' disciples together again, played a crucia...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1992
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Interpretation
Year: 1992, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-41 |
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Summary: | If one goes to the fountainhead of the Gospel accounts concerning women as witnesses to Christ's resurrection, one has good reason to posit the following: (a) that women were the first to hear the Easter message; (b) that women, in gathering Jesus' disciples together again, played a crucial role in the founding of the earliest Christian community; and (c) that Mary Magdalene deserves a place in the creedal formulas that cite the names of those to whom the risen Christ first appeared. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002096439204600104 |