Abstract

The earliest evidence for the claim that God raised Jesus from the dead occurs in the Pauline epistles. Paul does not provide reasons for skepticism concerning resurrection of the dead at Corinth (1 Cor 15:12, 19), though the subsequent argument focuses on the resurrection of the faithful at the last judgment, not that of Jesus. The Jewish counter-story was directed at an established part of the Christian kerygma, that the disappearance of his body confirms Jesus' resurrection. Jesus appears to followers as well as to James, his brother, and some years later to Paul. All suggestions about the pre-gospel accounts of disciples encountering the risen Jesus remain highly speculative. Elements of confusion and uncertainty such as Paul's confrontation with Corinthian skepticism in 1 Cor 15, the women fleeing in Mark 16:8, or the Thomas episode in John 20:24-29 suggest problems with the lexicon. Keywords:Corinth; Jesus; John's gospel; kerygma; lexicon; Mark's gospel; Pauline epistles; resurrection

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