... pieces..."1 Therefore it is of fundamental importance to realize that the accounts of the resurrection are tied to the style, thematic signposts and traditions from which the authors wrote their Gospels. However, a 'proof' of the resurrection is impossible in the modern day scientific sense of the word. Rather, we are concerned with historical evidence, and as such an immersion into a historical frame of mind is necessary. Marxsen writes in another of his works that, "Whatever conclusions we may arrive at...must on no account be based on the touchstone of our experience or of present-day scientific knowledge..."2 He seeks to instill a sympathetic approach to the resurrection, as it is better to come with an attitude that maintains that such miracles might be possible, and that with reliable witnesses we may be convinced that something supernatural has taken place. But what of the accuracy and the historical reliability of the ...

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