On the Resurrection (3 vols.)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
On the Resurrection serves as Gary R. Habermas’s magnum opus—a comprehensive defense of the authenticity of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, built from Habermas’s lifetime of scholarly study. He presents a comprehensive offering of all the historical evidence for the resurrection, including extra-biblical sources and a full exploration of the minimal historical facts argument. Habermas engages critically with the arguments and offers a comprehensive apologetic for the reality of Christ’s resurrection. Spanning both believers and nonbelievers, the collection provides a strong overview of everything that has been written about the resurrection and its impacts.
- Illustrates for the reader why we ought to trust the biblical and historical testimony of Scripture
- Provides detailed analyses and rebuttals of the alternate theories surrounding Jesus’s resurrection
- Offers a thorough “lay of the land” for anyone wanting to pursue an in-depth study Jesus of Nazareth’s resurrection
In volume 1 of this four-volume series, Gary Habermas has already produced a masterful defense of the resurrection of Jesus with his comprehensive collection of evidence. In volume 2, he responds to all the major and quite a few minor alternative explanations for the resurrection with grace, truth, and level-headed reason. No doubt, after this volume there will continue to be critics who simply ignore or casually skim and brush off this opus giganticum, and there will be those who follow them. Anyone wishing to credibly defend a skeptical position, however, will have to engage and then refute this work in considerable detail. I do not currently see how this would be possible.
—Craig L. Blomberg, distinguished professor emeritus of New Testament, Denver Seminary
This series confirms Habermas’s status as the leading voice among an increasing number of eminent scholars openly affirming the strong evidence for Jesus’s resurrection.
—Craig S. Keener, F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary
Dr. Habermas began his reading on the resurrection of Jesus when I was one year old. And I am sixty-one! The first volume of his magnum opus on the topic is the most comprehensive on the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus ever written. Habermas is today’s top scholar on the topic. In fact, I am aware of only one other person who knows more about the resurrection of Jesus than Habermas, and that’s Jesus! That book and the subsequent volumes are for New Testament scholars, philosophers of religion, Christian apologists, and anyone who has a serious interest in the topic.
—Michael Licona, professor of New Testament studies, Houston Christian University
Gary R. Habermas (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Distinguished Research Professor and chair of the department of philosophy and theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is the author, coauthor or editor of twenty-seven books including Resurrected? An Atheist Deist Dialogue (with A. Flew), The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (with M. Licona), The Risen Jesus Future Hope, The Resurrection: Heart of New Testament Doctrine and The Resurrection: Heart of the Christian Life.