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The Historical Jesus of the Gospels

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• Author: Craig S. Keener
• ASIN: B003BY3VS0
• Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BY3VS0
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The witness of women at the tomb is very likely historical, precisely because it was so offensive to the larger culture — not the sort of testimony one would invent. — location: 8149 ^ref-24021

Sanders rightly contends that “a calculated deception should have produced greater unanimity. Instead, there seem to have been competitors: ‘I saw him first!’ ‘No! I did.’”17 Eyewitness reports often varied on such details, in antiquity as today.18 — location: 8175 ^ref-61360

The four Gospels differ in detail, but in all four the women become the first witnesses, and Mary Magdalene is explicitly named as one witness among them.23 — location: 8187 ^ref-10979