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Bibliography on Jesus’ Resurrection

Note I maintain a longer bibliography on works on Jesus’ resurrection at: https://www.academia.edu/74263582/A_Bibliography_on_Jesus_Resurrection_works_since_2020_as_2024_12_02 so this is just a listing of some key works and a few others.

Anderson, Norman. The Evidence for the Resurrection. InterVarsity Press, 1959.

Allison, Dale C. Resurrecting Jesus: The Earliest Christian Tradition and Its Interpreters. T & T Clark, 2005.

Allison, Dale C. Jr. The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History. T&T Clark, 2021.

Alter, Michael J. A Thematic Access-Oriented Bibliography of Jesus’s Resurrection. Resource Publications, 2020.

Alter, Michael J. The Resurrection and Its Apologetics: Jesus’ Death and Burial, Volume One. Wipf & Stock, 2024.

Bass, Justin. The Bedrock of Christianity: The Unalterable Facts of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection. Lexham Press, 2020.

Blomberg, Craig L., Carl Stecher, Richard Carrier, and Peter S. Williams. Resurrection: Faith or Fact?: A Scholars’ Debate Between a Skeptic and a Christian. Pitchstone Publishing, 2019.

Bombaro, John J., and Adam S. Francisco, eds. The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics. New Reformation Publications, 2016.

Busch, Austin. Risen Indeed? Resurrection and Doubt in the Gospel of Mark. Society of Biblical Literature, 2022.

Casabianca, Tristan. “Turin Shroud, Resurrection and Science: One View of the Cathedral.” New Blackfriars 98, no. 1078 (2017): 709–721. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12183

Chaffey, Tim. In Defense of Easter: Answering Critical Challenges to the Resurrection of Jesus. Master Books, 2014.

Copan, Paul, ed. Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? A Debate between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan. Baker, 1998.

Copan, Paul and Ronald K. Tacelli. Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Figment? A Great Debate between William Lane Craig & Gerd Lüdemann. InterVarsity Press, 2000.

Craig, William Lane. The Son Rises: The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1981. 156 pages.

Davis, Stephen T. Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection. Eerdmans, 1993.

De Caro, Liberato, Teresa Sibillano, Rocco Lassandro, Cinzia Giannini, and Giulio Fanti. “X-ray Dating of a Turin Shroud’s Linen Sample.” Heritage 5, no. 2 (2022): 860–870. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage5020047

Foster-Kruczek, Nikki, and Catherine Pugh. “What Would Zombie Jesus Do? In the Flesh and Undead Saviors.” Pages 254–272 in Faith and the Zombie: Critical Essays on the End of the World and Beyond, edited by Simon Bacon. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2023.

Geisler, Norman L. In Defense of the Resurrection. Witness, 1993.

Geisler, Norman L. “In Defense of the Resurrection: A Reply to Criticisms: A Review Article.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34, no. 2 (1991): 243–261. https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/34/34-2/34-2-pp243-261_JETS.pdf

Geisler, Norman L. The Battle for Resurrection. Wipf and Stock, 1992.

Graieg, David Jonathan. Resurrection Remembered: A Memory Approach to Jesus’ Resurrection in First Corinthians. Routledge, 2024.

Habermas, Gary Robert. On the Resurrection: Vol. 1: Evidences. B&H Academic, 2024.

Habermas, Gary Robert. On the Resurrection: Vol. 2: Refutations. B&H Academic, 2024.

Habermas, Gary Robert. On the Resurrection: Vol. 3: Scholarly Perspectives. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2025.

Habermas, Gary R. Risen Indeed: A Historical Investigation into the Resurrection of Jesus. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021.

Habermas, Gary R. “The Shroud of Turin and its Significance for Biblical Studies.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 24, no. 1 (1981): 47–54. https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/24/24-1/24-1-pp047-054_JETS.pdf

Habermas, Gary R. and Michael R. Licona. The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus. Kregel Publications, 2004. 384 pages.

Harris, Murray J. From Grave to Glory: Resurrection in the New Testament. Zondervan, 1990.

Ladd, George E. I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. Eerdmans; Hodder & Stoughton, 1975.

Licona, Michael R. The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach. IVP Academic, 2010. 718 pages.

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: A New Transdisciplinary Approach. Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies series. Routledge, 2020.

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. Studies on the Origin of Divine and Resurrection Christology. Studies in Early Christology 2. Cascade, 2023.

Longenecker, Richard N., ed. Life in the Face of Death: The Resurrection Message of the New Testament. Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 1998.

Mathewson, Steven D. Risen: 50 Reasons Why the Resurrection Changed Everything. Baker, 2013.

Meader, Nick. Resurrection: Extraordinary Evidence for an Extraordinary Claim. Resource Publications, 2024. 286 pages. ISBN-10: 1666783056. ISBN-13: 978-1666783056

Meynell, Mark. Life After Life: Why Jesus means Death isn’t the End. IVP, 2024.

Miethe, Terry L., ed., Gary R. Habermas, and Antony Flew. Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate. Harper & Row, 1987.

McLaughlin, Rebecca. Is Easter Unbelievable? Four Questions Everyone Should Ask about the Resurrection Story. The Good Book Company, 2023.

Miller, S. L. Hell No: The Surprising Truths the Bible Teaches about Death, Resurrection, and Judgment. Resources Publications, 2021.

Osborne, Grant R. The Resurrection Narratives: A Redactional Study. Baker, 1984.

Porter, Stanley E., Michael A. Hayes and David Tombs, eds., Resurrection. Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.

Quarles, Charles R., ed. Buried Hope or Risen Savior? The Search for the Jesus Tomb. B & H, 2008.

Scholtz, Leopold. “Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection: An Academic-Historical Evaluation of the Sources.” Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 61, no. 1 (2021): 282–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2021/v61n1a17

Varner, William. “Different Viewpoints of the Resurrection.” Chapter 11 In Passionate about the Passion Week: A Fresh Look at Jesus’ Last Days. Dallas, TX: Fontes Press, 2020.

Ware, James P. The Final Triumph of God: Jesus, the Eyewitnesses, and the Resurrection of the Body in 1 Corinthians 15. Eerdmans, 2025.

Welker, Michael. “Resurrection and the Eternal Life: The Canonical Memory of the Resurrected Christ, His Reality, and His Glory.” In The End of the World and the Ends of God: Science and Theology on Eschatology, edited by John Polkinghorne and Michael Welker, 279–290. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000.

Wenham, John. Easter Enigma: Are the Resurrection Accounts in Conflict? Zondervan, 1984.

Wright, N. T. The Resurrection of the Son of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God, vol. 3. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2003. 740 pages.