A Historical Investigation into the Resurrection of Jesus
Gary R. Habermas
Risen Indeed: A Historical Investigation into the Resurrection of Jesus
Copyright 2021 Gary R. Habermas
Originally published as The Resurrection of Jesus: A Rational Inquiry (Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1976).
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Library of Congress Control Number 2021939394
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My love, my closest earthly friend and my wife,
whose own love for me was revealed even more by
her diligence in typing this dissertation.
Approaching the Question of the Resurrection of Jesus
The Present State of the Question
The Possibility of Miracles Today
Possible Solutions to the Question of the Resurrection of Jesus
Possibility Number One: That the Resurrection Did Not Occur
Possibility Number One: Other Similar Views
Possibility Number Two: That the Resurrection Did Occur, But That It Cannot be Demonstrated
Possibility Number Two: Other Similar Views
Possibility Number Three: That the Resurrection Did Occur and That It Can Be Demonstrated
Possibility Number Three: Other Similar Views
An Evaluation of the Solutions to the Question of the Resurrection of Jesus
An Evaluation of Possibility Number One
An Evaluation of Possibility Number Two
An Evaluation of Possibility Number Three
Special thanks to my PhD students Scott Steven Hyland and Stephen Scott Jordan for their work on the index for this new edition.
My PhD dissertation on the resurrection of Jesus was completed while I was a student at Michigan State University. It was published soon afterward, in 1976, by University Microfilms.1 I will begin here with some autobiographical comments that provide background to my dissertation. Since then, a remarkable number of volumes, essays, articles, and reviews have appeared addressing the many aspects of the crucially important topic of Jesus’ resurrection. The majority of this introduction consists of extended comments on the recent state of resurrection research, chiefly since 1976.
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About Risen Indeed: A Historical Investigation into the Resurrection of JesusA pivotal contribution to the history of apologetics. Gary Habermas has spent a career defending the historicity and truthfulness of the resurrection of Jesus. But his earliest writing on Jesus’ resurrection has been unavailable to the broader public, until now. In Risen Indeed: A Historical Investigation Into the Resurrection of Jesus, readers will encounter Gary Habermas’ foundational research into the historicity of the resurrection. With a new, extensive, introductory essay on contemporary scholarship regarding the resurrection, Habermas shows how the questions surrounding the historicity of the resurrection and arguments raised by critics are perennially important for Christian faith. |
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