Resurrection of Christ: Historical Veridicality

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The paper first discusses the depictions of Jesus Christ's resurrection in the Bible and how each account given in the four Gospels differ slightly. The paper then goes on to describe the historical evidence of the Bible and examines possible explanations for the validity of Christ's resurrection.

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"The Resurrection of Christ is usually considered to be a matter of faith: Christianity believes that Christ was crucified, and then resurrected (returned to life), in order to be taken into heaven. This resurrection is an article of faith: if Christ did not return to life after death, then he is no different from other heroes of Christianity, or from other prophets, such as Muhammad. However, the issue of the return to life is complicated by the question of historical proof: did the historical person Christ (whose existence is verified by Roman and Jewish sources), actually rise?"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Craig, William Lane "Contemporary Scholarship and the Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ" Truth journal, 1 1985.
• Doxa "Resurrection of Christ. Historical? Or History Making?" http://www.doxa.ws/Jesus_pages/Resurrection/Res_arg1.html
• In His Steps Ministries "Resurrection of Jesus Christ" (2005) http://www.creatingfutures.net/resurrection.html
• Lang, Christopher Louis "Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ" 1993 http://www.xenos.org/classes/papers/doubt.htm
• Maas, A.J. "Resurrection of Jesus Christ" The Catholic Encyclopedia. First published 1911. Electronic version at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12789a.htm.

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