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Old 08-30-2011, 10:02 AM   #1
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Jesus?.., No, just Bela Lugosi bringing people back from the dead in "White Zombie" (1932).

There seems to be more people coming back from the dead in early Christian literature than in the average zombie movie. Here is a short list.

New Testament Resurrections
  1. Lazarus (Gospel of John, 11) raised by Jesus
  2. Jairus’ daughter (Gospel of Mark .5) raised by Jesus
  3. Tabitha (Acts of the Apostles, 9) raised by Peter
  4. Jesus Christ (Four Gospels) raised by God?
  5. Eutychus (Acts 20) raised by Paul
  6. Many bodies of the saints (Gospel of Matthew, 27)
  7. Paul? (Galatians, 2:20)
Outside New Testament
  1. Youth in Linen Cloth (Secret Mark) raised by Jesus
  2. Panchares’ son Barnabus (Acts of Paul) raised by Paul
  3. Widow’s son (Acts of Peter) raised by Peter
  4. Senator Nicostratus (Acts of peter) raised by Peter

Can people add to the list?

Warmly,

Jay Raskin
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That bird in the country of Arabia, which is called the Phoenix, restored by the renovating juices of its flesh, after being dead comes to life again: shall we believe that men alone are not raised up again? Yet we know this by common report and the authority of writings, namely, that the bird referred to has a fixed period of life of five hundred years, and when by some warning of nature it knows that the end of its life is at hand, it furnishes for itself a casket of frankincense and myrrh and other perfumes, and its work and the time being together ended, it enters the casket and dies. Then from its juices a worm comes forth, and grows by degrees into the fashion of the same bird, and its former habits are restored, and borne up by the oarage of its wings it commences once more the course of its renewed life, and discharges a debt of gratitude. For it conveys that casket, whether the tomb of its body or the cradle of its resurrection, in which quitting life it died, and dying it rose again, from Ethiopia to Lycaonia; and so by the resurrection of this bird the people of those regions understand that a period of five hundred years is accomplished. So to that bird the five hundredth is the year of resurrection, but to us the thousandth: it has its resurrection in this world, we have ours at the end of the world. Many think also that this bird kindles its own funeral pile, and comes to life again from its own ashes.
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Try the smoked fish in the Acts of Peter? If it's humans you want, there are a few other resurrections in the main five apocryphal acts (Andrew, John, Peter, Andrew, Thomas). Probably still more in the rest of the apocryphal/folkloric literature.
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Hi Chocky,

Thanks.

Here's the added resurrection-zombies from those texts

New Testament Resurrections
  1. Lazarus (Gospel of John, 11) raised by Jesus
  2. Jairus’ daughter (Gospel of Mark .5) raised by Jesus
  3. Tabitha (Acts of the Apostles, 9) raised by Peter
  4. Jesus Christ (Four Gospels) raised by God?
  5. Eutychus (Acts 20) raised by Paul
  6. Many bodies of the saints (Gospel of Matthew, 27)
  7. Paul? (Galatians, 2:20)

Outside New Testament
  1. Youth in Linen Cloth (Secret Mark) raised by Jesus
  2. Panchares’ son Barnabus (Acts of Paul) raised by Paul
  3. Widow’s son (Acts of Peter) raised by Peter
  4. Senator Nicostratus (Acts of peter) raised by Peter
  5. Agrippa's son (Acts of Peter) raised by Agrippa
  6. dead man at gate of Nicomedia, torn apart by dogs/demons (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  7. Demon possessed soldier (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  8. the proconsul Virinus' son (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  9. farm child killed by serpent (Acts of Andrew) raised by pro-consul Virinus' wife.
  10. Proconsul Lesbius (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  11. Trophima's customer in Brothel (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  12. Lycomedes the praetor of the Ephesians (Acts of John) raised by Cleopatra
  13. Lycomedes' wife Cleopatra (Acts of John) raised by John
  14. priest of Artemis (Acts of John) raised by kinsman
  15. Father killed by son from Ephesus (Acts of John) raised by John
  16. Callimachus (Acts of John) raised by John
  17. Drusiana (Acts of John) raised by John
  18. Fortunatus (Acts of John) raised by John
  19. Aristodemus' two prisoners (Acts of John) raised by Aristodemus
  20. comely girl in inn (Acts of Thomas) raised by Thomas
  21. demon possessed woman and daughter (Acts of Thomas) raised by Thomas

Who is next?

Warmly,

Jay Raskin


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Try the smoked fish in the Acts of Peter? If it's humans you want, there are a few other resurrections in the main five apocryphal acts (Andrew, John, Peter, Andrew, Thomas). Probably still more in the rest of the apocryphal/folkloric literature.
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Hi Philosopher Jay,

* Leucius and Charinus, the authors of the "Acts of Pilate" aka "Gospel of Nicodemus" are zombies

* Philip commands a sick ox to resurrect Ananias in the (Syriac) Acts of Philip. (Ananias PREVIOUSLY because of his blasphemy was tied by his big toes to the top of the mast of a ship in an extremely heavy gale by a christian angel under the command of Philip)

* Barnabas resurrects Paul (or vice verse) in the Acts of Titus (perhaps also Acts of Barnabas)

* Various resurrections in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Best wishes


Pete


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Originally Posted by WIKI on Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Bringing life to a dried fish (this is only present in later texts)
(First group)
3 Miracles - Breathes life into birds fashioned from clay, curses a boy, who then becomes a corpse (not present in Greek B), curses a boy who falls dead and his parents become blind
Attempt to teach Jesus which fails, with Jesus doing the teaching
3 Miracles - Reverses his earlier acts, resurrects a friend who fell from a roof, heals a man who chopped his foot with an axe [1]
(Second group)
3 Miracles - Carries water on cloth, produces a feast from a single grain, stretches a beam of wood to help his father finish constructing a bed
Attempts to teach Jesus which fails, with Jesus doing the teaching
3 Miracles - Heals James from snake poison, resurrects a child who died of illness, resurrects a man who died in a construction accident
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Hi Philosopher Jay,

I was rereading the "Acts of Andrew and Matthias" attributed by Photius to the author Leucius Charinus, who's name seems to be comprised by placing together the two zombie scribes named as the authors of "The Acts of Pilate" aka "The Gospel of Nicodemus". I was wondering whether Zombieland might in fact be another name for the land of the anthropophagi?

If this is the case then Jesus apparently drove a water taxi to Zombieland in order to rescue the intrepid apostle Matthew from certain death at the hands of the zombies/cannibals. This raises the possibility that Zombieland and Jesusland might be two separate places, but that navigation between the two places is possible. Jesus's water taxi was the way. I think it had two legions angels in the back.


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Thanks Pete,

Here is the list with the additions:

New Testament Resurrections
  1. Lazarus (Gospel of John, 11) raised by Jesus
  2. Jairus’ daughter (Gospel of Mark .5) raised by Jesus
  3. Tabitha (Acts of the Apostles, 9) raised by Peter
  4. Jesus Christ (Four Gospels) raised by God?
  5. Eutychus (Acts 20) raised by Paul
  6. Many bodies of the saints (Gospel of Matthew, 27)
  7. Paul? (Galatians, 2:20)


Outside New Testament
  1. Youth in Linen Cloth (Secret Mark) raised by Jesus
  2. Panchares’ son Barnabus (Acts of Paul) raised by Paul
  3. Widow’s son (Acts of Peter) raised by Peter
  4. Senator Nicostratus (Acts of peter) raised by Peter
  5. Agrippa's son (Acts of Peter) raised by Agrippa
  6. dead man at gate of Nicomedia, torn apart by dogs/demons (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  7. Demon possessed soldier (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  8. the proconsul Virinus' son (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  9. farm child killed by serpent (Acts of Andrew) raised by pro-consul Virinus' wife.
  10. Proconsul Lesbius (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  11. Trophima's customer in Brothel (Acts of Andrew) raised by Andrew
  12. Lycomedes the praetor of the Ephesians (Acts of John) raised by Cleopatra
  13. Lycomedes' wife Cleopatra (Acts of John) raised by John
  14. priest of Artemis (Acts of John) raised by kinsman
  15. Father killed by son from Ephesus (Acts of John) raised by John
  16. Callimachus (Acts of John) raised by John
  17. Drusiana (Acts of John) raised by John
  18. Fortunatus (Acts of John) raised by John
  19. Aristodemus' two prisoners (Acts of John) raised by Aristodemus
  20. comely girl in inn (Acts of Thomas) raised by Thomas
  21. demon possessed woman and daughter (Acts of Thomas) raised by Thomas
  22. Simeon's two sons, Karinus, and Leucius (Acts of Nicodemus) raised by Jesus
  23. Widow's son (Acts of Philip) raised by Philip
  24. Son of "one of the first men of the city" (Acts of Philip) raised by Philip
  25. only son of a rich man (Acts of Philip) raised by Philip
  26. High priest Ananias (Acts of Philip) raised by Philip
  27. Pharisee boy (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) raised by boy Jesus
  28. Zeno, boy fallen from door of upper chamber (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) raised by boy Jesus
  29. Neighbor's child (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) raised by boy Jesus

Warmly,

Philosopher Jay

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Hi Philosopher Jay,

* Leucius and Charinus, the authors of the "Acts of Pilate" aka "Gospel of Nicodemus" are zombies

* Philip commands a sick ox to resurrect Ananias in the (Syriac) Acts of Philip. (Ananias PREVIOUSLY because of his blasphemy was tied by his big toes to the top of the mast of a ship in an extremely heavy gale by a christian angel under the command of Philip)

* Barnabas resurrects Paul (or vice verse) in the Acts of Titus (perhaps also Acts of Barnabas)

* Various resurrections in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Best wishes


Pete


Quote:
Originally Posted by WIKI on Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Bringing life to a dried fish (this is only present in later texts)
(First group)
3 Miracles - Breathes life into birds fashioned from clay, curses a boy, who then becomes a corpse (not present in Greek B), curses a boy who falls dead and his parents become blind
Attempt to teach Jesus which fails, with Jesus doing the teaching
3 Miracles - Reverses his earlier acts, resurrects a friend who fell from a roof, heals a man who chopped his foot with an axe [1]
(Second group)
3 Miracles - Carries water on cloth, produces a feast from a single grain, stretches a beam of wood to help his father finish constructing a bed
Attempts to teach Jesus which fails, with Jesus doing the teaching
3 Miracles - Heals James from snake poison, resurrects a child who died of illness, resurrects a man who died in a construction accident
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Jesus?.., No, just Bela Lugosi bringing people back from the dead in "White Zombie" (1932).

There seems to be more people coming back from the dead in early Christian literature than in the average zombie movie. Here is a short list.

New Testament Resurrections
  1. Lazarus (Gospel of John, 11) raised by Jesus
  2. Jairus’ daughter (Gospel of Mark .5) raised by Jesus
  3. Tabitha (Acts of the Apostles, 9) raised by Peter
  4. Jesus Christ (Four Gospels) raised by God?
  5. Eutychus (Acts 20) raised by Paul
  6. Many bodies of the saints (Gospel of Matthew, 27)
  7. Paul? (Galatians, 2:20)
Outside New Testament
  1. Youth in Linen Cloth (Secret Mark) raised by Jesus
  2. Panchares’ son Barnabus (Acts of Paul) raised by Paul
  3. Widow’s son (Acts of Peter) raised by Peter
  4. Senator Nicostratus (Acts of peter) raised by Peter

Can people add to the list?

Warmly,

Jay Raskin
Moses makes an appearance in Matthew 17:3.Elijah is there also but since he apparently never died it's questionable if he can be labeled a "zombie."
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Moses makes an appearance in Matthew 17:3.Elijah is there also but since he apparently never died it's questionable if he can be labeled a "zombie."
Not zombie. Just myth.

Myth characters can live forever or transfigure.
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