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Book Plunge: Leading Lawyers' Case For The resurrection

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  • Book Plunge: Leading Lawyers' Case For The resurrection

    Can a legal case be made that Christ rose?

    The link can be found here.

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    What do I think of Ross Clifford's book published by 1517 Legacy? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

    Lawyers are people who specialize in evidence and making the best case they can. They're meant to examine their side and the other side and be prepared for the best objections. They stake their reputation on presenting the best argument and being able to best their opponents with evidence and argumentation.*

    So what about a case like the resurrection? Could legal argumentation be used to back that case? Would any lawyer really take on the case that Jesus rose from the dead and argue in a court of law that that is what happened and expect that a rational jury would conclude that they were correct?

    Apparently, Clifford has found seven who would. The eighth, Morrison, with his book*Who Moved The Stone? is not a lawyer, but used many of the same techniques. He used them so well he is often thought of as being a lawyer. Clifford takes each of these lawyers on a cumulative case step by step to establish the verdict that Jesus rose from the dead.

    Clifford is a lawyer as well and so he knows how to examine the case and see that there's no funny business being pulled. He has brought together a quick resource that can be read easily and doesn't use a lot of legal terminology that would confuse the layman. It's also a short work. You can read it in a day or two, quite possibly a date if you really work at it.

    He also has not found slouches in the field. All of the men here were recognized in their own time including if that time is our present. Clifford includes an introduction to their life and their legal practice. He then goes through each one and gives a brief summary of the case that they especially argued for.

    Also useful will be the appendices in the back. One particular one involved a claim that is often heard today and that was dealing with the charge that the Gospels would be seen as hearsay evidence. Clifford shows that this is not the case and then points to a resource that can be used to show other cases that were solved on similar grounds. One difference he gives is that the cases that do not allow hearsay are more about a particular individual and not a particular truth claim. An individual would get to face his accuser in court after all.

    Clifford's book left me impressed with the legal case and thinking that legal apologetics is something I need to take a lot more seriously. If anything, I would have liked Clifford to have added in his own case. A brief chapter would be good on how Clifford would have gone forward in making a case that Jesus rose from the dead. Perhaps sometime in the future Clifford could write out a dialogue of sorts where he would describe a court case and the case for the resurrection being made to show how this would be done.

    Those interested in defending the resurrection owe it to themselves to get this book. It is a good and small introduction and will point you to other leading lawyers who can make a case. The defense of Christ is helped by having the best from all fields after all.

    In Christ,
    Nick Peters

  • #2
    Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix View Post
    Can a legal case be made that Christ rose?

    The link can be found here.

    -----

    What do I think of Ross Clifford's book published by 1517 Legacy? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

    Lawyers are people who specialize in evidence and making the best case they can. They're meant to examine their side and the other side and be prepared for the best objections. They stake their reputation on presenting the best argument and being able to best their opponents with evidence and argumentation.*

    So what about a case like the resurrection? Could legal argumentation be used to back that case? Would any lawyer really take on the case that Jesus rose from the dead and argue in a court of law that that is what happened and expect that a rational jury would conclude that they were correct?

    Apparently, Clifford has found seven who would. The eighth, Morrison, with his book*Who Moved The Stone? is not a lawyer, but used many of the same techniques. He used them so well he is often thought of as being a lawyer. Clifford takes each of these lawyers on a cumulative case step by step to establish the verdict that Jesus rose from the dead.

    Clifford is a lawyer as well and so he knows how to examine the case and see that there's no funny business being pulled. He has brought together a quick resource that can be read easily and doesn't use a lot of legal terminology that would confuse the layman. It's also a short work. You can read it in a day or two, quite possibly a date if you really work at it.

    He also has not found slouches in the field. All of the men here were recognized in their own time including if that time is our present. Clifford includes an introduction to their life and their legal practice. He then goes through each one and gives a brief summary of the case that they especially argued for.

    Also useful will be the appendices in the back. One particular one involved a claim that is often heard today and that was dealing with the charge that the Gospels would be seen as hearsay evidence. Clifford shows that this is not the case and then points to a resource that can be used to show other cases that were solved on similar grounds. One difference he gives is that the cases that do not allow hearsay are more about a particular individual and not a particular truth claim. An individual would get to face his accuser in court after all.

    Clifford's book left me impressed with the legal case and thinking that legal apologetics is something I need to take a lot more seriously. If anything, I would have liked Clifford to have added in his own case. A brief chapter would be good on how Clifford would have gone forward in making a case that Jesus rose from the dead. Perhaps sometime in the future Clifford could write out a dialogue of sorts where he would describe a court case and the case for the resurrection being made to show how this would be done.

    Those interested in defending the resurrection owe it to themselves to get this book. It is a good and small introduction and will point you to other leading lawyers who can make a case. The defense of Christ is helped by having the best from all fields after all.

    In Christ,
    Nick Peters
    is this book on kindle?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by RumTumTugger View Post
      is this book on kindle?
      No. There is one called "A Lawyer's Case for the Resurrection" available on Kindle, however.
      Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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      • #4
        I sent my review to the publishers. I'll ask them about it if that's something they'd like to do if they reply.

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        • #5
          If you met someone claiming to have come back to life after having been dead for three days, what evidence would convince you that he was truthful? Let’s assume that he is your local carpenter and his head is full of strange religious ideas.

          How would the conversation go?

          A: Hello J, how are you today?
          J: Better thanks, I’ve been dead for a bit.
          A: Really, how did you die?
          J: I electrocuted myself. Look, I burned my hand. See?
          A: Oh dear, that looks very sore.
          J: Yeah, killed me it did.
          A: Oh well, you seem fine now anyway. See you later.
          “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
          “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
          “not all there” - you know who you are

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          • #6
            Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
            If you met someone claiming to have come back to life after having been dead for three days, what evidence would convince you that he was truthful? Let’s assume that he is your local carpenter and his head is full of strange religious ideas.

            How would the conversation go?

            A: Hello J, how are you today?
            J: Better thanks, I’ve been dead for a bit.
            A: Really, how did you die?
            J: I electrocuted myself. Look, I burned my hand. See?
            A: Oh dear, that looks very sore.
            J: Yeah, killed me it did.
            A: Oh well, you seem fine now anyway. See you later.
            You're a hoot, ff. Don't go changin'.
            Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

            Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
            sigpic
            I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

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