In this article I will summarize, as briefly as possible,
fourteen evidences for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ. The summaries of each point are deliberately brief and
undeveloped. No pretense is made here of having anticipated every
response that skeptics might make. Nor is this an exhaustive list of
evidences. Rather, it is a simple overview of many of the factual
elements that contribute to the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection.
No one point is by itself absolute proof that Jesus rose from the dead,
but the evidence is cumulative (that is, each piece adds further weight to the total) and integrative
(that is, the various facts fit together in a meaningful whole). The
result is a very strong case that Jesus
(a) died,
(b) was buried,
(c)
rose from the dead, and
(d) appeared alive to a variety of persons (1 Cor. 15:3-8).
At the end of this article is an annotated bibliography of 14 books
that examine in great detail the issues touched upon in the list of 14
evidences.
14 EVIDENCES
- JESUS’ EXISTENCE. That Jesus was a historical individual is granted by virtually all historians and is supported by ancient Christian, Jewish, and pagan sources. Yet modern skeptics often feel that their best strategy for denying the evidence of his resurrection is to deny that he even existed. Continue at Rob Bowman
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