6The Sources: What We Know and How We Know It
31Modern Implications: Why These Forty Days Matter Today
7Methodological Considerations
32Scholarly Reflection: History and Theology
8The Structure of This Book
33Pastoral Closing: Living in the Light of the Resurrection
9PART ONE: THE DAWN OF RESURRECTION
34Final Reflection: The Forty Days and Their Legacy
10Chapter 1: The Empty Tomb
35PART SEVEN: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS
11Chapter 2: The First Appearances
36Chapter 14: The Nature of the Resurrection Body — What the Forty Days Reveal
12Chapter 3: The Risen Lord at Table — The Meal Theme in the Resurrection Appearances
37Chapter 15: The Identity of the Messiah — What the Resurrection Reveals
13PART TWO: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE RISEN LORD
38Chapter 16: The Mission of the Messianic community — Participation in the Life of the Risen Christ
14Chapter 4: Thomas and the Question of Doubt
39Chapter 17: The Hope of Believers — Resurrection, Return, and New Creation
15Chapter 5: The Recorded Appearances—A Comprehensive Accounting
40APPENDICES
16PART THREE: RETURN TO GALILEE
41APPENDIX A: CHRONOLOGY OF RESURRECTION APPEARANCES
17Chapter 6: Breakfast by the Sea — The Appearance at the Shore of Galilee
42APPENDIX B: TIMELINE OF THE FORTY DAYS
18Chapter 7: The Mountain Commission — The Great Commission in Galilee
43APPENDIX C: GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF THE FORTY DAYS
19PART FOUR: TEACHING THE KINGDOM
44APPENDIX D: THE WITNESSES TO THE RESURRECTION
20Chapter 8: The Promise of the Spirit and the New Creation
45APPENDIX E: BIBLIOGRAPHY
21Chapter 9: Opening the Scriptures — The Hermeneutical Revolution of the Forty Days
46APPENDIX F: GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS
22Chapter 10: Jesus’s Teaching During the Forty Days—Speaking About the Kingdom of God
47APPENDIX G: ADVERSARIAL REACTIONS TO THE RESURRECTION — THE TESTIMONY OF OPPONENTS
23Chapter 11: Baptism, Teaching, and the Formation of Communities
48APPENDIX H: A FORTY-DAY READING AND DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
24Chapter 12: The Cost of Witness — Courage, Suffering, and the Persecuted Church
49APPENDIX I: COMPARATIVE GOSPEL TABLE — THE RESURRECTION NARRATIVES ACROSS THE FOUR GOSPELS
25PART SIX: THE ASCENSION: Chapter 13: The Ascension—The Departure That Opened Heaven
50REFERENCES
