The above claim is based on statements in the Bible. Is the Bible itself a reliable source of information?

Within the context of Hebrew and Roman culture and customs of the time, what is the hard evidence that this event occurred?

Are there alternative explanations for the belief that Jesus walked the earth after his death?

If the Bible is a main source of information about events two thousand years ago, its validity is a key issue. Let's look at what the Bible actually is:

The Bible is a series of over sixty books and letters arranged in a more or less chronological order, by over forty authors in three different languages- Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The written material covers over fourteen hundred years and events in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The authors range from poor people to kings, from Hebrew fishermen to Greek doctors (Poole, 1998). The New Testament books were written before 100 A.D. but were not put together unti

On the above eyewitness account, some people might explain this away by mass hysteria or hallucinations, A response to this was done by Thomas J. Thorburn who stated, "It is absolutely inconceivable that as many as (say) five hundred persons of average soundness of mind and temperament, in various numbers, at all sorts of times, and in diverse situations, should experience all kinds of sensuous impressions- visual, auditory, tactual - and that all these manifold experiences should rest entirely upon subjective hallucinations. We say that this is incredible, because if such a theory were applied to any other than a "supernatural event in history, it would be dismissed forth with as a ridiculously insufficient explanation (Thorburn, 1910).

The ultimate evidence for the resurrection would be if a revival Jesus appeared in broad daylight in front of witnesses, which the Bible states he did over a period of forty days. In I Corinthians 15:6, Paul notes, while listing the post resurrection appearances, "After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time (in a hill in Galilee), most of whom are still living (at the time Paul is writing this). Though some have fallen asleep (are deceased). Commentary in the NIV Study Bible on this passage notes that this was probably written to shore up the faith of doubtful Corinthians.

There has long been a theory that the disciples of Jesus some how bribed the guards (the high priests were on alert specifically for this- Matthew 7:62-66) and stole the body. However, all but one of the disciples (John) later died violently would they have died for

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