The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave

1182 Pages·2005·55.53 MB·English

by  Robert M. Price

JESUS
BEYOND
THE
CRAVE
EDITED BY ROBERT M. PRICs &JEFFERY JAY IOWDER
"It is not new for a few lonely, persecuted radicals to deny the resurrection of
Jesus. What is new in this book is that such a number of competent, scrupulous
scholars are agreeing that it did not happen, and going so far as attacking
fundamentalists for propagating false and misleading views of the Bible."
Dr. Barbara Thiering Author of Jesus and the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls
"Price and his fellow authors study the Bible as a great ancient text steeped in
mythology [and] do not thereby denigrate the text or become apologists for a
Yahweh of Sinai or Mount of Transfiguration. They appreciate the Bible as a great
literary tradition that generates problems and therefore requires new, imaginative
attempts to address the problem. The dynamic tradition continues, and The Empty
Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave proves to be a rigorous and creative part of it. These
substantive, challenging articles are indispensable for better understanding how
first-century Christianity emerged."
Joe E. Barnhart Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of
North Texas; author of Religion and the Challenge of Philosophy, The Study of
Religion and Its Meaning, and The Billy Graham Religion Inquiry
"[A] bracing, dynamic collection of essays examining a central tenet of Christian
faith—the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion. . . . Sober, rigorous, and
without any trace of malice, they nonetheless present a bold and inescapable
challenge to orthodoxy. No reader, either believer or skeptic, can afford to ignore
the arguments in this book."
S. T. Joshi Author of God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are
Wrong

JESUS
BEYOND
THE
GRAVE
EDITED BY ROBERT M. PRICE 6< JEFFERY JAY LOWDER
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The empty tomb : Jesus beyond the grave / edited by Robert M. Price and Jeffery Jay
Lowder.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59102-286-X (alk. paper)
1. Jesus Christ—Resurrection. 2. Christianity—Controversial literature.
I. Price, Robert M., 1954- II. Lowder, Jeffery Jay.
BT482.E47 2005
232.9*7—dc22
2004029908
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
To George A. Wells and Richard Dawkins, adepts at opening eyes, not
least our own.