The Resurrection of Jesus by Licona, Mike -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations 1 Important Considerations on Historical Inquiry Pertaining to the Truth in Ancient Texts

1.1. Introductory Comments 1.2. Theory 1.2.1. Considerations in the Philosophy of History 1.2.2. Horizons 1.2.3. On the Possibility of Transcending Horizon 1.2.4. The Role of a Consensus 1.2.5. The Uncertainty of Historical Knowledge 1.2.6. Postmodernist History 1.2.7. Problems with Postmodernist History 1.2.8. What Is Truth? 1.2.9. What Is a Historical Fact? 1.2.10. Burden of Proof 1.2.11. Theory and Historians 1.2.12. Is History a Science? 1.2.13. What Historians Do 1.3. Method 1.3.1. From Theory to Method 1.3.2. Arguments to the Best Explanation 1.3.3. Arguments from Statistical Inference 1.3.4. Spectrum of Historical Certainty 1.3.5. Summary 1.3.6. Conclusions 1.3.7. Confessions

2 The Historian and Miracles

2.1. Introductory Comments 2.2. David Hume 2.3. C. Behan McCullagh 2.4. John P. Meier 2.5. Bart D. Ehrman 2.6. A. J. M. Wedderburn/James D. G. Dunn 2.7. A Turning Point for Historians 2.8. Burden of Proof in Relation to Miracle-Claims 2.8.1. Risk Assessment 2.8.2. Legal System 2.8.3. Sagan’s Saw 2.9. Summary and Conclusions

3 Historical Sources Pertaining to the Resurrection of Jesus

3.1. Introductory Comments 3.2. Sources 3.2.1. Canonical Gospels 3.2.2. The Letters of Paul 3.2.3. Sources that Potentially Antedate the New Testament Literature 3.2.4. Non-Christian Sources 3.2.5. Apostolic Fathers 3.2.6. Other Noncanonical Christian Literature 3.3. Conclusion

4 The Historical Bedrock Pertaining to the Fate of Jesus

4.1. Introductory Comments 4.2. The Historical Bedrock Pertaining to Jesus’ Life 4.2.1. Jesus the Miracle-Worker and Exorcist 4.2.2. Jesus: God’s Eschatological Agent 4.2.3. Jesus’ Predictions of His Death and Vindication/Resurrection: Just Outside of the Historical Bedrock 4.3. The Historical Bedrock Pertaining to Jesus’ Fate 4.3.1. Jesus’ Death by Crucifixion 4.3.2. Appearances to the Disciples 4.3.3. The Conversion of the Church Persecutor Paul 4.3.4. The Conversion of James the Skeptical Brother of Jesus 4.3.5. The Empty Tomb 4.4. Conclusions

5 Weighing Hypotheses

5.1 Summary of Where We Have Been and Our Intent 5.2 Geza Vermes 5.2.1. Description of Vermes’s View 5.2.2. Analysis and Concerns 5.2.3. Weighing the Hypothesis 5.3 Michael Goulder 5.3.1. Description of Goulder’s View 5.3.2. Analysis and Concerns 5.3.3. Weighing the Hypothesis 5.4 Gerd Lüdemann 5.4.1. Description of Lüdemann’s View 5.4.2. Analysis and Concerns 5.4.3. Weighing the Hypothesis 5.5 John Dominic Crossan 5.5.1. Description of Crossan’s View 5.5.2. Analysis and Concerns 5.5.3. Weighing the Hypothesis 5.6. Pieter F. Craffert 5.6.1. Description of Craffert’s View 5.6.2. Analysis and Concerns 5.6.3. Weighing the Hypothesis 5.7. The Resurrection Hypothesis 5.7.1. Description of the Resurrection View 5.7.2. Analysis and Concerns 5.7.3. Weighing the Hypothesis 5.8 Summary and Conclusions

Summary and Further Considerations

Part 1: Summary of Chapters Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Summary Part 2: Contributions Part 3: Considerations for Future Work

Appendix

1. Description of Allison’s View 1.1. Appearances 1.2. Apparitions 1.3. The Empty Tomb 1.4. Conclusions 1.5. A Summary of Allison’s View 2. Analysis and Concerns 2.1. An Uwillingness to Commit 2.2. Apparitions 2.3. Bodily Resurrection 2.4. Conclusion

Bibliography Author Index Subject Index Scripture Index Notes

Introduction 1: Important Considerations on Historical Inquiry Pertaining to the Truth in Ancient Texts 2: The Historian and Miracles 3: Historical Sources Pertaining to the Resurrection of Jesus 4: The Historical Bedrock Pertaining to the Fate of Jesus 5: Weighing Hypotheses Appendix

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