The Resurrection of Christ: A Historical Inquiry, Gerd Ludemann's 2004 book from Prometheus Books, argues on historical-critical grounds that the resurrection accounts reflect visionary experience rather than a bodily event. Its strength is that Ludemann was a credentialed New Testament scholar working through the historical evidence in detail. Its limit is that his conclusions sit at one end of a genuinely contested scholarly debate, and Prometheus Books itself publishes with a skeptical editorial stance a reader should weigh.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a credentialed New Testament scholar's historical-critical study, though the publisher's own skeptical editorial stance and the contested nature of its conclusions are worth weighing. NotesScholarly critical historical inquiry into the resurrection of Christ, Prometheus Books, 2004.
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AuthorGerd Ludemann
PublisherPrometheus Books
Publication Year2004
Source TypeBook (scholarly)
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Miracles, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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