Jesus and the Gospels
The resurrection accounts: a reading framework
A Gospel-focused study of the resurrection accounts: a reading framework, attentive to historical setting, literary purpose, and how parallel accounts relate.
Jesus and the Gospels
Read each account as testimony with a purpose.
Studying The resurrection accounts: a reading framework requires attention to historical setting and to the literary choices of each Gospel or early source.
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Map the witnesses
List which sources contain the claim and which details are shared, distinctive, or absent.
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Respect literary shape
Difference in order, emphasis, or compression is not automatically agreement or contradiction.
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Ask what follows
Separate what the text reports from later doctrinal or skeptical conclusions drawn from it.
Questions to keep open
Use these checks while you read.
- Which sources are independent or related?
- What does each account emphasize?
- What conclusion is historical and what conclusion is theological?
Return to the wider inquiry