Christian Doubt» N. T. Wright http://www.christiandoubt.com thoughts from someone dealing with doubt Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:04:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Resurrection of the Son of God, by N. T. Wright http://www.christiandoubt.com/2009/05/02/the-resurrection-of-the-son-of-god-by-n-t-wright/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-resurrection-of-the-son-of-god-by-n-t-wright http://www.christiandoubt.com/2009/05/02/the-resurrection-of-the-son-of-god-by-n-t-wright/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 02:56:07 +0000 Mark Lefers http://christiandoubt.com/?p=276 Continue reading →]]> The Resurrection of the Son of GodI’m finally done reading the Great Book. No, not the Bible. I’m talking about N. T. Wright’s book “The Resurrection of the Son of God”. Several people suggested that this was the book to read regarding the resurrection. So I ordered the book, and when the semi truck came to drop it off (joke about the size) I was taken aback with how big this book was. I knew that it was a big book, but until I lifted it, looked at the small print, saw all the footnotes and reference, I didn’t know what was in store. I quickly learned that I couldn’t read in my soft leather chair, because I would quickly fall asleep. I also needed bright lights and lots of caffeine (diet coke variety). But trudging through it, I began. And now after 4 long months I’m finally done (yes, I am a slow reader with not much time).

I have mixed feelings about the book. Some parts were very thick. Sometimes I didn’t know where he was going with the very large background that he was building for hundreds of pages. And sometimes I felt I was undergoing some sort of torture until I would just say, “Ok, ok, I believe, just let me stop reading!” I think a beginner like me can quickly drown with all the information presented. Then trying to look up the opposing view point made it almost an impossible task.

The other side of me was just amazed at all the research and reading has done in presenting this information. Wright goes into much detail on each topic and fully develops the background of his arguments. He also addresses many of the current objections to the historicity of the resurrection. This book will definitely become for me a reference book regarding the resurrection.

In the end I would recommend the book. However, if I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t have read it page by page. I would have just read the nice conclusions at the end of most chapters and then dive more into chapters that I found more interesting. Over the next several weeks (or months) I’ll try to discuss some of the topics presented. I’ll also try to compile some of my notes here.

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