Jesus' Bodily Resurrection: Actually, we do know what we're talking about!

Here I discuss Dale Allison's views on the nature of Jesus' resurrection and contrast these with the traditional, orthodox view that Jesus rose bodily. I counter the implication that we do not have a clear, coherent concept of Jesus' bodily resurrection if we have unanswered questions, such as whether Jesus after his resurrection walked to Galilee, whether he needed to eat, and where he lived "in between" the times when he was with his disciples. There are two places in the video where I briefly mis-speak but decided not to re-record, given the video length: At one point I refer to Doubting Thomas as being embarrassed because he didn't recognize Jesus, though I immediately affirm that he did recognize Jesus! My meaning was that he was embarrassed because he didn't (previously) believe the other disciples. At another point I refer to Paul's Damascus Road experience as occurring after the resurrection, which is true as far as it goes, but what I meant to say in the context was that it occurred after the Ascension. Clearing away foggy definitions and concepts is part of making common sense rigorous.

Originally uploaded Apr 17 2021