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Gary Robert Habermas (born June 28, 1950) is an American New Testament scholar and theologian who frequently writes and lectures on the resurrection of Jesus.He has specialized in cataloging and communicating trends among scholars in the field of historical Jesus and New Testament studies.
The resurrection of Jesus (Biblical Greek: ἀνάστασις τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, romanized: anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian event that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day [note 1] after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring [web 1] [note 2] – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.
The Lost body Hypothesis tries to explain the empty tomb of Jesus by a naturally occurring event, not by resurrection, fraud, theft or coma. Only the Gospel of Matthew ( 28 :2) [ 1 ] mentions a 'great earthquake' on the day of Jesus' resurrection .
According to this version of the stolen body hypothesis, some of the disciples stole away Jesus's body. Potential reasons include wishing to bury Jesus themselves; believing that Jesus would soon return and wanting his body in their possession; a "pious deceit" to restore Jesus's good name after being crucified as a criminal; or an outright plot to fake a resurrection. [3]
The Anastasis: The Resurrection of Jesus as an Historical Event [14] Paul C. Pappas: 1991 Jesus' Tomb in India: The Debate on His Death and Resurrection [15] Fida Muhammad Hassnain: 1994 A Search for the Historical Jesus: Holger Kersten: 1994 Jesus Lived in India [16] Barbara Thiering: 1994 Jesus the Man [17] Kenneth V. Hosking: 1995
In Christianity, resurrection most importantly concerns the resurrection of Jesus but also includes the resurrection of Judgment Day, known as the resurrection of the dead by those Christians who subscribe to the Nicene Creed (which is the majority of mainstream Christianity), as well as the resurrection miracles done by Jesus and the prophets ...
However, due to Episcopal Church policy and the Dennis Canon, they did not retain the West Chicago property. A continuing group of just 11 congregants continued as Church of the Resurrection under the leadership of the Rev. George Koch, but attendance recovered to around 300 by 1995. [2] The Episcopal Church-affiliated Church of the ...
In most cases, Christian authors associate each miracle with specific teachings that reflect the message of Jesus. [10]In The Miracles of Jesus, H. Van der Loos describes two main categories of miracles attributed to Jesus: those that affected people (such as Jesus healing the blind man of Bethsaida), or "healings", and those that "controlled nature" (such as Jesus walking on water).