What happened at the first Easter?

Learning Objectives
Students should learn:
  • about the biblical accounts of Jesus’ Resurrection and appearances to his followers
  • about a range of contemporary responses to these accounts, eg Josephus

 

Learning Outcomes

Students:
  • express and explain why they prefer different accounts
  • list similarities and differences in the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection story
  • describe and evaluate explanations of the disappearance of Jesus’ body
  • discuss how far we can distinguish between facts and hypotheses/theories with regard to the Resurrection

Resurrection

BBC - Summary of Jesus' life, death and resurrection

Wikipedia - Article on Jesus' resurrection