The Final Triumph of God

A groundbreaking exposition of the resurrection hope in 1 Corinthians 15
 
Making a compelling case based on new evidence and fresh exposition, James Ware affirms the church’s historic reading of 1 Corinthians 15. He shows that the apostolic formula in 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 proclaims, in continuity with the Gospels, the resurrection of Jesus’s crucified body from the tomb, and that the hope of the resurrection described in 1 Corinthians 15:12–58 involves the miraculous revivification of our present bodies of flesh and bones and their transformation to imperishability.
 
Ware’s monumental study is unmatched for its comprehensive examination of the historical setting, literary structure, syntax, and vocabulary of 1 Corinthians 15. This in-depth verse-by-verse commentary provides new insights into the text, original solutions to hitherto seemingly irresolvable difficulties, and a convincing reading of the chapter unfolding its rich theology of the resurrection as the consummation of union with Christ.

James P. Ware is a scholar of New Testament and ancient Christianity and professor emeritus of religion at the University of Evansville. His books include Synopsis of the Pauline Letters in Greek and English, Paul’s Theology in Context: Creation, Incarnation, Covenant, and Kingdom, and The Final Triumph of God:Jesus, the Eyewitnesses, and the Resurrection of the Body in 1 Corinthians 15.

A. Andrew Das is the Niebuhr Distinguished Chair and professor of religious studies at Elmhurst University. He is the author or editor of over ten books in biblical studies, including Scriptures, Texts, and Tracings in 2 Corinthians and Philippians and Paul and the Stories of Israel: The Grand Thematic Narratives of Galatians.