Introduction: Not Here but Risen: Seeing and Not Seeing the Easter Jesus
Two Independent Traditions: The Disappearance and the Appearances of Jesus
1. When the Dead and/or Gone Appear to the Living
Apparitions of the Dead and/or Gone in Greco-Roman Literature
Apparitions of the Dead and/or Gone in Early Jewish and Christian Literature
The Appearances of (the Risen) Jesus and the Origins of Belief in Jesus' Resurrection
2. Paul: "Last of All, He Appeared Also to Me"
Paul and the Resurrection Kerygma
The Resurrection of the Dead and the Finer Points of Greek Anthropology
Paul and the Two Traditions
3. Empty Tombs and Missing Bodies in Antiquity
Assumption in the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient Near East, and Early Jewish Apocalypticism
Assumption in Greco-Roman Writings, Hellenistic Judaism, and Early Christianity
Interpreting Empty Tombs and Missing Bodies
4. The Sayings Gospel Q: "You Will Not See Me"
Q and the Postmortem Vindication of Jesus
To the Origins of the Empty Tomb Tradition
How Different Is Assumption? How Different Is Q?
5. Mark: When the Bridegroom Is Taken Away
The Revelation of the Son of God
Seeing Mark 16:1-8 as the Conclusion of the Gospel
The Resurrection of the Son of Man
Assumption as Resurrection, and Resurrection as Assumption
6. Luke: "Why Do Doubts Arise in Your Hearts?"
How Luke Adapts the Empty Tomb Story
The Appearance to Simon (Peter) and His Visit to the Tomb
Luke's Apostolic Control of the Empty Tomb Story
Excursus: The Text of Luke 24 (Especially Luke 24:12)
7. Matthew: "And Behold, Jesus Met Them"
How Matthew Adapts the Empty Tomb Story
"And Behold, Jesus Met Them": The Risen Jesus at the Tomb
"All Authority Is Given to Me": The Risen Jesus as the Exalted Son of Man
8. John: "Where I Am Going, You Cannot Come"
How John Adapts the Empty Tomb Story
"I Have Seen the Lord": Mary Magdalene's Encounter with the Risen Jesus
Seeing Is Believing? The Resurrection of Jesus as the Eighth Sign
9. Rewriting the Empty Tomb: Early Christian Deployments and Developments
Narrative Expansions of the Empty Tomb Story
The Empty Tomb Story and Early Christian Apologetic
Empty Tomb Motifs in Early Christian Hagiography
Visiting the Empty Tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
10. Revisiting the Empty Tomb: Why Beginnings Matter
Beginnings That Converge Narratively
Beginnings That Converge Theologically
Index of Selected Subjects
