Demands a Verdict (Nashville, Tennesse: Thomas Nelson, 1999) pp164–202. 6 Michael Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP, 2010) pp284–302 gives extensive treatment to the whole subject of Jesus’ predictions of his death and vindication/resurrection. 7 G Ludemann, The Resurrection of Christ: A Historical Inquiry (Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2004) p20, op cit, Michael Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus, p311. 8 Dominic Crossan, The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (New York: HarperCollins, 1991) p375, op cit, Michael Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus, p312. 9 Canon J.John, Foreword to <strong>Dave</strong> <strong>Smith</strong>, 40 Days with Jesus (Farnham: CWR, 2014) p7. 10 William Lane Craig, Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus (Lewiston: New York, Edwin Mellen Press, 1989) p373. 11 Peter J Williams, Can We Trust the Gospels? (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2018) p134. 12 NT Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God (London: SPCK, 2003) pp85–206 provides an extensive survey of Old Testament and post-biblical Jewish views of resurrection. 13 Tim Keller, Hope in Times of Fear page 11 of 244, Kindle ed, cites John Polkinghorne, The Faith of a Physicist (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2016) p115. 14 Michael Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus page 370 of 642, Kindle ed. 15 William Lane Craig, Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus p407.
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