The Gospel of the Resurrection: Thoughts on Its Relation to Reason and History
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Overview
Responding to criticism of the historicity of the Resurrection and the claim that believing in Christ’s triumph over death is incompatible with reason, B.F. Westcott considers the Resurrection and elementary Christian truths “as miraculous revelation from the side of history and reason.” His essay examines the historical reality and importance of the Resurrection, noting that “it is not too much to assert that the fact of the Resurrection (as the typical miracle of the Gospel) becomes more natural as we take a more comprehensive view of history, and more harmonious with reason as we interrogate our instincts more closely.”
- Title: The Gospel of the Resurrection: Thoughts on Its Relation to Reason and History
- Author: Brooke Foss Westcott
- Edition: SEVENTH EDITION
- Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
- Print Publication Date: 1891
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 307
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Jesus Christ › Resurrection
- Resource ID: LLS:GSPLRSRRCTNRHST
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-31T21:55:45Z
Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) was a British bishop, biblical scholar, and theologian serving as bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death.
Westcott studied at Trinity College in Cambridge where he graduated in 1848. He stayed at Trinity, where in 1849 he obtained his fellowship and was ordained deacon and priest. He received honorary degrees from Oxford in 1881 and Edinburgh 1883. In 1890, he became the bishop of Durham.
He has authored several works, including Introduction to the New Testament in the Original Greek, A General View of the History of the English Bible, Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians.