The rise of Jesus Questionable or Not?

By: Zeinab Abdelaziz In 1866, a book entitled" The Truth about Christianity has aroused the interest of any readers! The author, Ch! "uelle, a #ren$h histori$ist, %rote:

"To e&$lude the 'ossibility of (esus bein) resurre$ted fro the dead eans the fall of Christianity!"

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This o'inion %as not the first o'inion to a''ear at that ti e* any si ilar o'inions durin) the +nli)hten ent a)e %ere ado'ted by the s$ientists of this a)e! In their resear$h, they de'ended on the s$ientifi$ and lin)uisti$ 'ro)ress! It is %ell established that ,aul %as the first to $enter his interest on -the resurre$tion of (esus fro a on) the dead" )i.in) blind eyes to any further details about his life! In his book about the history of the Bibles, /! 0uenelle, says: "But for the rise of (esus, bibles and $hur$h %ould ha.e not seen the li)ht! It is to the +aster by %hi$h (esus1 life, %hi$h ended in failure, turned to be a %ay of ho'es! In fa$t, (esus2 rise fro a on) the dead %ill re ain the ost i 'ortant $ur.e in the story of (esus, the do$trine of sal.ation, fro the Christian 'oint of .ie%! It %ould be 3ust dust in air if it is 'ro.ed to be dis$redited and that is %hy the $hur$h $enters its interest on fosterin) and nourishin) it by all 'ossible eans! The idea of the rise of )ods is $o on a on) the 4ellenisti$ )ods* they all die and rise after three days and s'e$ial $ere onies are )i.en to their anni.ersaries!

The story of 5siris, an an$ient +)y'tian )od, is based on death the )od then risin) fro a on) the dead! This is not the sin)le story* it is also re'eated %hen re.ie%in) the story of /ithras, Adonis and Aties* they all died and re ained dead for three days durin) %hi$h they des$ended into 4ell then they rose fro death! It should be born in ind that none had e.er seen or attended their rise fro a on) the dead, the sa e thin) is also true %hen %e talk about (esus! (ust fe% %ords about shroudin) hi in a $offin! 6one %as re'orted to ha.e seen the rise of (esus! All that %e ha.e is so e %ords about an an)el, a$$ordin) to /athe% 78:89 and t%o an)els a$$ordin) (ohn 78::189 hel'ed in o.in) the stone, this aroused the o$kery of thinkers, a on) the ;elsyous, %ho li.ed in the se$ond $entury A<, he says: "4o% $an the son of =od be unable to o.e the stone>??" Thou)h the 'resent Bibles elaborate on this do$trine, the do$trine of the rise of (ess %hi$h is based on findin) the to b e 'ty, this %ill al%ays re ain unsu''orti.e and shaky histori$al e.iden$e @ none %as re'orted to ha.e seen hi )oin) out of the to b! A$$ordin) to /athe%:
(esus a''eared t%o ti es after his rise* one of those is to t%o %o en near the to b near (erusale and the se$ond 7the first and the last ti e9 to his dis$i'les %hile they %ere in =alilee, this narration doesn2t ention any dis$i'le by na e!

A$$ordin) to /ark: (esus a''eared three ti es: to a lady %hile sittin) alone, to t%o dis$i'les and to the ele.en dis$i'les to)ether! 6either the ti e nor the 'la$e is )i.en here, nor the 'la$e fro %hi$h (esus as$ended to the hea.ens! A$$ordin) to Auke: (esus a''eared three ti es on the sa e day, the first of these to his dis$i'les on the %ay to + aus, this 'eriod e&tended to the noon and (esus disa''eared all of sudden be$ause they re$o)nized hi then he a''eared to ;i on ,eter @ note that no ti e or 'la$e %as deter ined @then he a''eared to all the dis$i'les to)ether on the day of the as$ension till he %as lifted to the hea.ens* no ention of any lady* no ention of a $o ission to the dis$i'les* no e.iden$e that they %ent to the 'la$e he ordered the to )o! A$$ordin) to (ohn: (ohn2s narration says that he a''eared four ti es:

719The first to /ary /a)dalene on the day of the alle)ed resurre$tion and not on her first .isit! 789Three ti es to the dis$i'les

The first on the e.enin) of the alle)ed resurre$tion day and the ornin) of ;aturday %hen the dis$i'les %ere to)ether in (erusale in a 'la$e sealed ti)htly by doors, 7Tho as9 %as e&$luded in this eetin)! The se$ond ti e ha''ened after three days and ei)ht days follo%in) the rise fro the to b, Tho as %as there! The third in =alilee, no ti e is )i.en!

In the A$ts: <es'ite the ultitude of $ontradi$tions in A$ts %ith the Bibles $on$ernin) the rise of (esus, these are a on) the ost i 'ortant: 6o ention of the ti his dis$i'les! e of (esus as$ension to the hea.ens before

6o referen$e to eyeB%itnesses %ho i)ht ha.e listened to (esus talk to his dis$i'les or e.en sa% the ! 6o ention of a $ertain lady that (esus a''eared to!

Contrary to the Bibles, A$ts e 'hasizes that (esus had re ained for forty days on the earth durin) %hi$h he a''eared to C:: 'eo'le! #ro %hi$h sour$es did A$ts )et su$h $ontradi$tions fro > To su u', no one had seen (esus rise fro the to b in the Bible, the Bibles do not )i.e any a$$ount of (esus alle)ed resurre$tion, and the only e.iden$e that they ha.e to su''ort their belief is the dis$redited tale of the e 'ty to b! All these te&ts $on.er)e that (esus died and %as buried on #riday e.enin) and rose either at ;aturday2s da%n or on ;unday and this $ontradi$ts the narration that he had re ained for three days! /ark des$ribes the 'ro$ess of (esus un indful that it %as one day before the +aster, a day on %hi$h all %orks and a$ti.ities should be sto''ed! De ha.e 3ust referred to fe% $ontradi$tions that ake the %hole story of sal.ation Euestionable, these $ontradi$tions $ould be $ondensed as follo%: There is a $ontradi$tion re)ardin) the nu ber of the days (esus s'ent after his alle)ed rise fro a on) the dead!

There is a $ontradi$tion re)ardin) %ho There are $ontradi$tions about the nu There are $ontradi$tions about ho%

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ber of his a''earan$es! any sa% hi ! b

There is a $ontradi$tion as re)ards the 'la$e of the to 6o ention at all %ho sa% hi o.ed the stone!

There is $ontradi$tion about %ho Con$lusion:

If all of these $ontradi$tions are there instead of a)ree the story itself is not true!

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(esus bein) $ru$ified, then into to b he %as $arried, then so e one o.ed the stone, then he rose fro a on) the dead and then to hea.en he %ent to sit ne&t to =od: all of this is a hoa&! The =os'els of ,eter and (udas say that he %as neither $ru$ified nor buried, they say that so e one else %as $ru$ified and (esus %as lifted to hea.enB e&a$tly like the 4oly 0ur1an says! /oreo.er, histori$al studies say that there had been si&teen sa.iours %ho their follo%ers had )i.en the sa e story that Christians )i.e to (esus!