THE HOPE of ISRAEL

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

BRANDON D. CROWE

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 2020 by Brandon D. Crowe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Crowe, Brandon D., author.

Title: The hope of Israel : the resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles / Brandon D. Crowe.

Description: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019027595 | ISBN 9780801099472 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Jesus Christ—Resurrection—Biblical teaching. | Bible. Acts—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Classification: LCC BS2625.6.R47 C76 2020 | DDC 226.6/06—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027595

ISBN 978-1-5409-6268-3 (casebound)

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are the author’s translation.

For Ethan

מַשְׂכִּיל לְאֵיתָן הָֽאֶזְרָחִי

חַסְדֵי יְהוָה עוֹלָם אָשִׁירָה לְדֹר וָדֹר אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִי

A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever;

with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness

to generation upon generation.

Psalm 89:1

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Part 1 The Resurrection in Acts

1. The State of the Question: The Resurrection in Acts

2. “Both Lord and Christ”: Peter and the Resurrection

3. “The Hope of Israel”: Paul and the Resurrection

4. “I Will Rebuild the Tent of David”: Other Resurrection Voices in Acts

Part 2 The Theological Significance of the Resurrection in Acts

5. The Resurrection and the Accomplishment of Salvation (Historia Salutis)

6. The Resurrection and the Experience of Salvation (Ordo Salutis)

7. The Resurrection as Apologia Pro Scriptura

8. The Resurrection and Acts in Early Christianity

Bibliography

Scripture and Ancient Writings Index

Author Index

Subject Index

Preface

We never caught the stranger’s name. A friend and I—two college students—had just finished an impromptu conversation at a bookstore with two other patrons when the stranger approached us. He had overheard our conversation (about Christianity and another religion), and he proceeded to offer his perspective. The stranger cut to what he saw as the heart of the issue, which was the singularity of the resurrection of Jesus. This, he argued, was the crux of what made Christianity distinctive.

I have often thought back upon that encounter. And as I have studied and taught the New Testament and early Christianity in the years that followed, I continue to be impressed with the insightfulness ...