Jesus' Resurrection Fact Or Figment?

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In the view of many, the truth of Christianity hangs on the answer to these questions. * Was the resurrection of Jesus a fact of history or a figment of imagination? * Was it an event that entailed a raised and transformed body and an empty tomb? * Or was it a subjective, visionary experience--a collective delusion?

Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment? is a lively and provocative debate between Christian philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig and New Testament scholar and atheist Gerd Ludemann. This published version of a debate originally set at Boston College is edited by Paul Copan and Ronald K. Tacelli, who invite the responses of four additional scholars. Robert Gundry, a New Testament scholar, and Stephen Davis, a philosopher, argue in support of a historical and actual resurrection. Michael Goulder and Roy Hoover, both New Testament scholars, offer their support for Gerd Ludemann's view that the "resurrection" was based on the guilt-induced visionary experience of the disciples. The book concludes with a final response from Ludemann and Craig.