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The resurrection of Jesus Christ is critical to the Christian faith. The [[Apostle Paul]] wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Cor:15:14). Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. <ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt "I Believe...in the Resurrection of the Flesh"]</ref>  

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is critical to the Christian faith. The [[Apostle Paul]] wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Cor:15:14). Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. <ref>[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/crj0056a.txt "I Believe...in the Resurrection of the Flesh"]</ref>  

In the field of the defense of Christianity, which is known as  [[Christian apologetics]], there have been [[Christian Apologetics and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ|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 and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ|many scholars who have provided numerous reasons for believing in the authenticity of the resurrection of Christ]]. For example, Legal scholars, legal authorities, and eminent lawyers such as [[Simon Greenleaf]], John Warwick Montgomery, Lord Darling, John Singleton Copley, [[Hugo Grotius]], Lord Caldecote, J. N. D. Anderson, [[Lionel Luckhoo]], and many others have asserted that western legal standards argue for the resurrection of Christ.<ref>

*[http://www.phc.edu/gj_philjohnsonpap.php JURIDICAL APOLOGISTS 1600-2000 AD]</ref> 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:

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: