About this episode

The episode discusses how historians approach the resurrection of Jesus and the validity of investigating this event using historical methods.

The resurrection of Jesus is probably one of the most well known stories from the New Testament. But how do historians deal with this miraculous event? Should it be discounted in its entirety, or can it be investigated using the historical method? Today, we're talking about what historians can and can't say about the resurrection.

People in this episode

Host: Bart Ehrman

Topics covered

• resurrection
• historical method
• New Testament
• Christianity
• miraculous events
• historical analysis

Keywords

• resurrection
• historical method
• Jesus
• New Testament
• Christianity
• miracles
• historical analysis

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Books & works: New Testament

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