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Saint Statues | Home » » » Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Ludemann | | | | | | | Description: | | Was the resurrection of Jesus a fact of history or a figment of hallucination? 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? In the view of many, the truth of Christianity hangs on the answer to this question. 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 Lüdemann. This published version of a debate originally set at Boston College invites the responses of two additional scholars on either side of the debate. Robert Gundry, a New Testament scholar, and Stephen Davis, a philosopher, argue in support of a historical and actual resurrection, while Michael Goulder and Roy Hoover, both New Testament scholars, offer their support for Gerd Lüdemann's view that the "resurrection" was based on the guilt-induced visionary experience of the disciples. The book concludes with a final response from Gerd Lüdemann and from William Lane Craig. The Debaters: William Lane Craig is research professor at Talbot School of Theology. He is the author of Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus as well as other books on philosophy and Christian apologetics. Gerd Lüdemann is professor of New Testament and director of the Institute of Early Christian Studies at the University of Göttingen and a visiting scholar at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Resurrection of Jesus and many other studies in the New Testament and early Christianity. | | | Product Details: | | | Paperback:
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Offers scholarship on both sides of the argumentApr 12, 2010
The initial half of this book is a transcript of a debate between to qualified scholars...William Lane arguing in favor of the historical evidence for the resurrection and Gerd Ludemann arguing that the resurrection was not an actual physical event but was based on visions of the disciples. The transcript is followed by four essays written by scholars -- two in favor of the historical resurrection and two that support Ludemann's hypothesis. The book concludes by written essays by Craig and Ludemann that close out their arguments.
This is an evenly handed presentation of the arguments. The fact that the publisher is IVP, a Christian publisher does not effect the arguments but does lead to the introduction being biased in favor of Craig's argument, but still both sides are equally presented.
This is a good resource to see both sides and make your own conclusions.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 If you're interested in the best case for both sidesDec 14, 2009
For the casual browser who might not have noticed, the publisher of this book is InterVarsity Press, a publisher of evangelical Christian books. As a work presenting the Christian apologetics case, it is fine, but if you're interested as well in the best argument for the other side, there is plenty available elsewhere. InterVarsity is not going to publish a debate in which the opposing side gave a strong performance.
0 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Romans 14:11Apr 09, 2009
Apparently the authors of this book were hallucinating when they thought it was worth publishing. Jesus Christ is Lord and is ALIVE!!! if you want true evidence of this fact, open your Bible and put down this book.
"`As surely as I live,' says the Lord,`every knee will bend to me,and every tongue will confess and give praise to God-Romans 14:11.
2 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Craig's win is only superficial.Feb 02, 2009
Craig's four arguments from history would make a persuasive case for the Resurrection. But there are other factors, all amounting to the fact that Luedemann argued at too low a level. First, the four Gospels differ in important details. Second, there is no genuine extra-biblical evidence for Jesus as a human. Third, Craig can't do without assuming the existence of God and his willingness to create his alter-ego, Jesus. In other words, Craig is assuming what he's trying to prove, that Christianity is correct. Fourth, the Gospels were written decades after the supposed events (Why didn't anyone write earlier? Probably because it took decades for the Jesus myth to be established). Paul, whose letters preceded the Gospels, is very ambiguous about the earthly existence of Jesus. Strangely, Paul and the Gospels are unaware of each other. Also the authors of the Gospels are anonymous: the names Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John were attached to them later. On the whole, the Resurrection is extremely doubtful. Craig would have to be declared the winner of the debate, but what matters is the truth of the matter, where Craig is on exceedingly shaky ground.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Terrific shortcut to the main arguments about JesusFeb 03, 2008
These debates are a great way to pick up the main arguments between scholars about the resurrection.
Craig and Ludemann disagree about the empty tomb and what happened to the body. Ludemann asserts that the "New Testament texts are images of the people of a specific time that cannot be equated with facts" (p 40).
There is even a bit of humor in the debate, when Craig points out that "Ludemann assumes that the Jewish authorities suffered a sort of collective amnesia about what they did with the body...why...when the disciples began to preach the resurrection of JEsus, didn't the Jewish authorities say where they had placed Jesus' Body? Dr Ludemann's answer"'They forgot"" (p 36).
Don't forget to also pick up: "The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan And N.T. Wright in Dialogue".
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