<p>You have found the background guide to the larger book called <em>Resurrection Shock: Did the Disciples Get It Right?</em> This supplement gives you a set of resources to delve deeper into areas related to the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus.</p><p><br />• An archaeological index called Found in the Ground providing details with citations for major New Testament findings.<br />• Alternative timelines for the week that Jesus dies and reportedly rises from the dead. <br />• Cultural expectations about the afterlife in Jewish traditions.<br />• Clashing interpretations of the Old Testament's most prominent messianic prophecy.<br />• Assessments of purported gospels epistles and other accounts that did not make it into the New Testament.<br />• For the reliable sources for the resurrection narrative overviews of authorship basic content interdependence or independence along with dating estimates for their original compositions.</p><p><br />While all these resources aid resurrection research they also come in handy for other explorations into the reality-altering soul-stirring world of the first followers of Jesus.</p>