Sublime

In similar vein, all of the gospels agree that the first witnesses of the resurrection (both to see Jesus and to tell others of his appearances) were all women (Mark 16:1

Is it possible to proceed, by way of historical study, to a portrait of Jesus which is sufficient of itself to evoke, or at least legitimate, that worship which Christianity has traditionally offered to him? If not, is this because we merely lack sufficient biographical information, or because we know a priori that anything in the gospel accounts

evidential argument against God.

By pointing to Jesus’s resurrection from the dead as what is necessary to hold mentally as real, Paul is merely condensing the gospel facts that he elsewhere expands, evoking the larger gospel narrative by association.

Wenn es einen Jünger Jesu gab, einen aus dem Kreis der ersten Nachfolgerinnen und Nachfolger, der dem Denken des 21. Jahrhunderts besonders nahe stand, dann ist es vermutlich Thomas gewesen, der Jünger, der den Beinamen Zwilling trug.

Jesus must be understood as a comprehensible and yet, so to speak, crucifiable first-century Jew, whatever the theological or hermeneutical consequences.