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Resurrection of Jesus Christ (view source)
Revision as of 07:56, November 5, 2009
, 07:56, November 5, 2009→Defense of the resurrection of Jesus
In the field of the defense of Christianity, which is known as [[Christian apologetics]], there have been [[Christian apologetics|many scholars who have provided numerous reasons for believing in the authenticity of the resurrection of Christ]]. In regards to [[early Christianity]], many people who claimed to be eyewitnesses to the resurrected Jesus voluntarily preached the news of this despite extreme persecution, and died for their efforts. Unlike the early members of most religions, these people had the opportunity to be direct eyewitnesses to what verified the claims of Christianity.
In the field of the defense of Christianity, which is known as [[Christian apologetics]], there have been [[Christian apologetics|many scholars who have provided numerous reasons for believing in the authenticity of the resurrection of Christ]]. In regards to [[early Christianity]], many people who claimed to be eyewitnesses to the resurrected Jesus voluntarily preached the news of this despite extreme persecution, and died for their efforts. Unlike the early members of most religions, these people had the opportunity to be direct eyewitnesses to what verified the claims of Christianity.
Occasionally, a defense of the Resurrection of Jesus comes from someone who does not claim to be a Christian. The following is taken from the book, "Jesus", written by an orthodox Jew, Professor Emeritus David Flusser, who headed New Testament studies Early Christianity and Judaism of the Second Temple period studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Flusser, no fundamentalist or evangelical in his approach to New Testament Scriptures, marveled at both the lack of faith and lack of good historical method of liberal Protestants:
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I am convinced that there are reliable reports that the Crucified One "appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time… Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles." Last of all, he appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus (1 Cor. 15:3-8). When Jesus answered the high priest's question about his Messiahship with the words, "From now on the Son of man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God," did he believe that he, too, would escape the fate that threatened him. Or, as it more likely, did he believe that he would rise from the dead? In any event, the high priest correctly understood that by Jesus' words he was confessing that he was the Messiah. Therefore Caiaphas said, "What need have we of further witnesses? You have heard it from his own mouth" (Luke 22:71). Jesus was taken straightway to Pilate. (From Chpt. 11: Death, pp. 154—155)
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== See also ==
== See also ==