What Really Happened to Jesus: A Historical Approach to the ResurrectionWestminster John Knox Press, 1995 M01 1 - 147 pages Dissatisfied with what he regarded as evasive answers given by theologians and scholars about the nature of the resurrection of Jesus, Gerd Ludemann subjected the New Testament traditions to a thorough investigation. In particular, Ludemann was concerned with the story of the empty tomb and the subsequent appearance stories first related by Peter. Ludemann reaches surprising and somewhat radical conclusions. This book, written for nonspecialists, presents Ludemann's provocative conclusions. Readers will find a positive, albeit revolutionary, new way of viewing the resurrection. |
Contents
The Easter event according to Mark | 26 |
The Easter event according to Luke | 34 |
The Easter event according to Matthew | 48 |
The appearance of Jesus and the mission command | 58 |
The denial of Jesus by Petera historical fact | 92 |
Conclusions from the analyses of the appearances | 129 |
Notes | 138 |
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