As Historical Event

Question 1

Scholar Sanders argues

Answer 1

a concerted plot to foster belief in the resurrection would probably have resulted in a more consistent story
- and some of those who were involved in the events gave their lies for their belief

Question 2

In defending the historicity of the resurrection, Sanders goes as far to state

Answer 2

that Jesus’ followers (and later Paul) had resurrection experiences is, in my judgement, a fact. what the reality that gave rise to the experiences i do knot know

Question 3

Dunn writes what about Apostle Paul’s resurrection experience

Answer 3

it was a ‘visionary in character’ and ‘non-physical, non-material’

Question 4

are the accounts in the gospels the same

Answer 4

no - they’re very different

Question 5

the earliest conception of resurrection in the Jerusalem Christian Community was

Answer 5

physical

Question 6

Scholar Koester writes that

Answer 6

stories of the resurrection were originally epiphanies

Question 7

Koester contends that the

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more detailed accounts of the resurrection are secondary and do not come from historically trustworthy sources

Question 8

What does Scholar Wright treat the resurrection as

Answer 8

a historical and accessible event, rather than as a supernatural or metaphysical event

Question 9

What did the Catholic church state

Answer 9

‘although the resurrection was a historical event that could be verified by the sign of the empty tomb and by the reality of the apostle’s encounters with the risen Christ, still it remains at the very heart of the mystery of faith as something that transcends and surpasses history’