I’ve finished reading Geza Vermes’ Who’s Who in the Age of Jesus, which provides a useful overview of the history of ancient Palestine between the Roman conquest of Judaea (63 BCE) and the defeat of the second Jewish revolt (135 CE). The bulk of the book consists of a set of biographical portraits, presented alphabetically, Read More…
Category: Background
The Resurrection Case in 1969
By the late 1960s, following the work of Wolfhart Pannenberg and other post-Bultmanneans, the main elements of the contemporary case for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus began to fall into place. This development is illustrated by an article that appeared in 1969 that was written by a Catholic scholar, Joseph J. Smith, S.J. Read More…
Learning the Basics about New Testament Studies
The problem of the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus is really a subset of “historical Jesus” research, which in turn is a subset of New Testament studies. For anyone seriously investigating the resurrection, it’s essential to have a basic working knowledge of New Testament studies. Not all of us, however, have the time or Read More…
A Second Reboot
As you can see, I’ve been away for a while, but I’ve finally been getting re-started on my resurrection research. I’ve started working my way slowly through the backlog of 300+ articles that I’ve collected on the resurrection, and I’ve been reading through them roughly in chronological order to try to get a better grasp Read More…
Resurrection Research Reboot
I’ve been away from my research for a while, but I’m finally getting re-started and should have some new posts over the coming days. In the meantime, I’ve re-designed the Web site, placing the blog on the front page, and I’ve added categories to the existing posts. Plus, I’ve been doing typing drills to improve Read More…
Beginning the Search
I’ve been researching the historical case for the resurrection of Jesus, so I thought I’d start posting my notes online, in case anyone else might happen to be interested. I first started reading about the historical case for the resurrection in 2010, after I discovered the works of William Lane Craig. I originally encountered Craig’s Read More…