6.1 Scientific And Historical-critical Challenges - Faith And History

Question 1

What philosophical and scientific movement began to offer challenges to Christian tradition in the 17th and 18th centuries?

Answer 1

The enlightenment

Question 2

Which philosopher criticised belief in miracles based on conceptual and evidential problems with testimony?

Answer 2

Hume

Question 3

What Greek philosopher claimed the resurrection was simply a refashioned Jewish myth?

Answer 3

Celsus

Question 4

Who do the gospel narratives agree moved Jesus’ body to a tomb after his death?

Answer 4

Joseph of arimathea

Question 5

Who do the gospel narratives agree was the main figure to discover the empty tomb?

Answer 5

Mary Magdalene

Question 6

What writer defends the empty tomb narratives, holding there are no other convincing explanations for Jesus’ missing body?

Answer 6

Frank Morison

Question 7

What writer remains sceptical of the resurrection, while recognising the difficulty in establishing a good alternative explanation for the empty tomb?

Answer 7

Ian Wilson

Question 8

Give 3 potential figures or groups who might have moved Jesus’ body after his death?

Answer 8

Joseph of Arimathea, Sanhedrin, Pontius Pilate, grave robbers