Jeremiah J. Johnston is Associate Professor of Early Christianity at Houston Baptist University, USA.

Provides a fresh assessment of the fragment's history and the value for studying a crucial point in Christianity's evolution.

• Dedication Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Foreword Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: A Resurrection Narrative Unearthed from an Ancient Tomb: The Discovery of the Akhmîm Codex Chapter Three: Scope, Purpose, and Primary MaterialsChapter Four: Post-Mortem Beliefs in the Hebrew Bible Chapter Five: The Emergence of the Concept of Resurrection in Late Second Temple Judaism: Raised to Life or Damned to HellChapter Six: Resurrection in New Testament Texts: From Resuscitation to Resurrection Chapter Seven: Putting the Akhmîm Gospel Fragment in its Place I:Polemic and Apologetics Chapter Eight: Putting the Akhmîm Gospel Fragment in its Place II: Narrative and Imagination Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusions BibliographyIndex

Jeremiah J. Johnston is Associate Professor of Early Christianity at Houston Baptist University, USA.

Provides a fresh assessment of the fragment's history and the value for studying a crucial point in Christianity's evolution.

• Dedication Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Foreword Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: A Resurrection Narrative Unearthed from an Ancient Tomb: The Discovery of the Akhmîm Codex Chapter Three: Scope, Purpose, and Primary MaterialsChapter Four: Post-Mortem Beliefs in the Hebrew Bible Chapter Five: The Emergence of the Concept of Resurrection in Late Second Temple Judaism: Raised to Life or Damned to HellChapter Six: Resurrection in New Testament Texts: From Resuscitation to Resurrection Chapter Seven: Putting the Akhmîm Gospel Fragment in its Place I:Polemic and Apologetics Chapter Eight: Putting the Akhmîm Gospel Fragment in its Place II: Narrative and Imagination Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusions BibliographyIndex

Jeremiah J. Johnston is Associate Professor of Early Christianity at Houston Baptist University, USA.

Provides a fresh assessment of the fragment's history and the value for studying a crucial point in Christianity's evolution.

• Dedication Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Foreword Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: A Resurrection Narrative Unearthed from an Ancient Tomb: The Discovery of the Akhmîm Codex Chapter Three: Scope, Purpose, and Primary MaterialsChapter Four: Post-Mortem Beliefs in the Hebrew Bible Chapter Five: The Emergence of the Concept of Resurrection in Late Second Temple Judaism: Raised to Life or Damned to HellChapter Six: Resurrection in New Testament Texts: From Resuscitation to Resurrection Chapter Seven: Putting the Akhmîm Gospel Fragment in its Place I:Polemic and Apologetics Chapter Eight: Putting the Akhmîm Gospel Fragment in its Place II: Narrative and Imagination Chapter Nine: Summary and Conclusions BibliographyIndex