The Resurrection of Jesus A Sourcebook Bernard Brandon Scott, editorChapter Six The Resurrection, an Obstacle to Faith? Thomas Sheehan "Picasa eh nt fC th ‘uc itis turned foto a srmbng block by the nave and ns leading interpretations ofthe "tesrrecton” that Fundamentals are fond of tering up. ‘Believing in the Easter event in ts tre sxipaal sence is chal~ leage enough for atyone, But when Fundamentals require that ‘we believe in ther fatal version of dhe “resorection,” they ‘ive sandal in ce biblical sense Far from protecting and pre “eving Chrssanty hee peendo-scholaeship dios the faith, spose to dit, and nally evsects i Tanéamensaies {es form of sling lism, wel Saentioned be ulsiately eseuctive T wish to offer some sagetsions for removing che stumbling Mock and geting back tothe Bedrock Let those who reise co believe inthe Baster victory of er atleast understand and reject the real thing and not some fcc version of "My suggestions ate in the form of brief theses, documented in my book The Fint Comin the negative side Vargue that the Easter victory of eae was not an historical event—it did not take place in space and time—and dat ee appearances of Jesus he Fath RB (Marc Ape 1995) pp. 9“The Reusvecton an Obsac tt? Phippians Hyon Phil 26-17 Being in the form of od (or God) Dino conser it a hing tobe grasped “The being equa with ago Bt be emptied hinslt “aking the form ofa sve Bovoming inthe Beene humans Ae Gndng hint the aman sem He nominee Becoming abednce all dhe way t deh Even the death by erin, For hi God has per-exed bi Grcing him wi he ame {Avame speroe all amet So hata Jn mame very kage should how down Inthe herr the eth a in the underworld And every range shoe shoutout, “The Loris Jes the aie Forth glory of Gee ther “Tisai hyn embed in the eter f Pl th hpi is od onl of on tne ‘Tent by Bernard Brandon Sort Stage Two 50-65 ce ‘The caries redamatn ofthe “esurecon™ “The acs texts that speak ofthe Easter wietory in tems ofthe “reurrection” and appearances af Jesus (as contrasted with his caltation to glory) were written some twenty thirty-five year Mier the death of Jess They appear in th epistles of Pau, com