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Kris Komarnitsky sent me a copy of his book Doubting Jesus\u2019 Resurrection: What Happened In The Black Box?<\/a>\"\"<\/em> a while back for me to review. Since I\u2019m falling even further behind as a result of this flu, I thought I\u2019d link to his very recent piece<\/a> that is part of a dialogue between him and Christian apologist J. P. Holding.<\/p>\n

Presumably some Biblical studies folks will want to go see what\u2019s being said, and add some insights from the perspective of academic Biblical study.<\/p>\n

As for me, my historical Jesus Sunday school class got off to a good start, and the issue of what a historian can and can\u2019t demonstrate about the resurrection has already come up.<\/p>\n

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