Jesus' Resurrection

<P>Was the resurrection of Jesus a fact of history or a figment of imagination? Was it an event that entailed a raised and transformed body and an empty tomb? Or was it a subjective visionary experience--a collective delusion? In the view of many the truth of Christianity hangs on the answer to this question.<I>Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment?</I> is a lively and provocative debate between Christian philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig and New Testament scholar and atheist Gerd Lüdemann. This published version of a debate originally set at Boston College is edited by Paul Copan and Ronald K. Tacelli who invite the responses of four additional scholars. Robert Gundry a New Testament scholar and Stephen Davis a philosopher argue in support of a historical and actual resurrection. Michael Goulder and Roy Hoover both New Testament scholars offer their support for Gerd Lüdemann's view that the resurrection was based on the guilt-induced visionary experience of the disciples. The book concludes with a final response from Lüdemann and Craig.</P>