vol. 35, Issue #1

Online Journal Article: "THE RESURRECTION IN JÜRGEN MOLTMANN" RANDALL E. OTTO* JETS 35/1 (March 1992) 81-90

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/35/35-1/JETS_35-1_081-090_Otto.pdf

"THE RESURRECTION IN JÜRGEN MOLTMANN"
RANDALL E. OTTO*
JETS 35/1 (March 1992) 81-90

Excerpt:
"Until Moltmann and Pannenberg, no one conceived that historical inquiry could again be
a ground for a Christology based on the Resurrection." Although Moltmann and
Pannenberg have founded their respectivetheologies on the resurrection,
Moltmann's use of "resurrection" diverges significantly from the common
conception of the term. An understanding of the social character of Moltmann's use of
this symbol is vital to a proper apprehension of his work .... According to Moltmann,
Israel's religion of promise was eminently this worldly in orientation, repudiating any notion of resignation to the beyondof epiphany religion. For Israel, death cuts one off from God and the promise. The hope of resurrection found on the periphery of Judaism in laterapocalyptic has nothing to do with hope for man beyond death....
--from page 1 of the article