Ebook: Resurrection: myth or reality?: a bishop's search for the origins of Christianity

pt. 1. Approaching the resurrection. The method called Midrash -- The impact of Easter: a place to begin -- The vehicle of words: an unsteady ship -- pt. 2. Examining the biblical texts. The witness of Paul -- Mark: the kerygma is joined to the sepulcher -- Matthew: polemics enter the tradition -- Luke: the turn toward Gentile understandings -- John: sometimes primitive, sometimes highly developed -- A new starting point -- pt. 3. Interpretive images. The primitive interpretive images -- The atoning sacrifice: the image of the Book of Hebrews -- The suffering servant: the image of 2 Isaiah -- The son of man: the image of the Book of Daniel -- pt. 4. Clues that lead us toward Easter. The first clue: it occurred in Galilee, not in Jerusalem -- The second clue: the primacy of Peter -- The third clue: the common meal -- The fourth clue: the third day, an eschatological symbol -- The fifth clue: the burial tradition as mythology -- pt. 4. Reconstructing the Easter moment. But what did happen? A speculative reconstruction -- Grounding the speculation in scripture -- Life after death: this I do believe.