The Historical Evidence for Jesus' Resurrection w/ Dr. Calum Miller & Dr. Max Baker-Hytch

This video features a 3.5 hour discussion between myself (Cameron) and two scholars (Dr. Calum Miller and Dr. Max Baker-Hytch) on the historical evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. It was originally broadcast as a 5-part podcast series and was formatted into one long episode for YouTube. Enjoy!

0:00 – Cameron sips coffee + Welcome
1:12 – Introduction of Dr. Calum Miller
5:16 – Introduction of Dr. Max Baker-Hytch
7:19 – Faith Journeys + Prior Probability
14:52 – Resource Recommendations
18:20 – Prolegomena to the Evidence
29:37 – Approaches to Arguing for the Resurrection
41:03 – The Idea of Resurrection in the First Century
45:35 – A “Spiritual” Resurrection?
51:49 – Sources for the Resurrection: 1 Cor 15
1:03:41 – The Importance of Burial Rituals
1:10:32 – The Historical Joseph of Arimathea
1:21:46 – Jesus’ Burial Site
1:32:51 – The Empty Tomb
1:37:23 – The Testimony of Women
1:44:23 – Summary of the Burial Accounts of Jesus
1:48:43 – Pliny the Younger on the Early Christians
1:53:56 – Eye Witnesses + James + Paul + Apostles
2:01:32 – Embellishment + Mary Magdalene + Summary of Sources and Witnesses
2:05:07 – Alternative Theories on the Resurrection + “The Disciples Lied” Theory
2:09:40 – “Wrong Tomb” Theory
2:11:49 – “Swoon” (Apparent Death) Theory
2:16:47 – “Hallucination” or “Grief Hypothesis” Theory
2:35:00 – Bayes Factor + Weighing the Evidence for Resurrection
2:55:20 – Worst Objections to the Resurrection Hypothesis
2:58:03 – Summary of All of the Evidence for the Resurrection
3:11:07 – Their New Book on the New Testament

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[Unifluxx]

Thank you very much for your work, Cameron! This was great!
I thought it would be nice to have a short overview of the resources mentioned at 14:53 for further studies.
So here it goes:


The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Gary R. Habermas, Michael R. Licona)
The Son Rises (William Lane Craig)
The Resurrection of God Incarnate (Richard Swinburne)
Resurrecting Jesus (Dale C. Allison Jr.)
Jesus, the Final Days (Craig A. Evans, N.T. Wright)
Timothy and Lydia McGrews article in The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology
Jesus Under Fire (Michael J. Wilkins, J.P. Moreland)
Fabricating Jesus (Craig A. Evans)

[stevecollins]

I listen to these teachings while I drive...I drive 18 wheelers...all day long! I look forward to the REALLY LONG ONES! You're DEFINITELY improving! Thanks for the great work!

[kisskid]

It's interesting to me that these guys spend years studying this stuff..
And within a few minutes or hours, everyone on Youtube is suddenly an expert

[mremberton]

i liked this video because you did 3 hrs for jesus

[ToysYouJucariiPentruTine]

Beautiful ! Thank you meticulously explaining and hard work 🙏

[masterchief]

I watched the whole thing while on a cross-country road trip. Thanks for the excellent exposition and academic approach to these issues!

[eskercurve]

Cameron this came in my recommendations at a very opportune time. I've been looking at the Bible as a historical record lately and the thought that the Christian belief without the resurrection is empty came to me, so naturally I've been thinking I need to do homework on it. I'm only 1/3 of the way into it, but this has already been a huge blessing. Thank you so much. The Holy Spirit is working in and through you. Keep it up!

[antoniocoffa]

Been checking all your new stuff over the last 8 months or so and this is fantastic. Great work.

[Joshua-evuw]

This goes deeper than I ever even thought of and I thought my thoughts were deep. This was SO well worth 3.5 hours. I've never heard anyone explain every single aspect of every single detail and give such a great history and cultural background so we know what's REALLY going on. Stuff like this will absolutely stump almost any atheist in their tracks. They have every single aspect of the resurrection laid on in logical evidence, historical evidence, biblical evidence, non-biblical written evidence, and definitely the evidence that EXPLAINS all there is to know so you can PROPERLY evaluate what we're reading and we need to understand that we don't know Greek or Hebrew and we don't know the original words and what they really mean. We just know how they were translated to English and doesn't give the background (it's not a history book) of the culture or the definition of the original word so we weren't limited to English! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[joshuavandernoord]

Don’t let the atheist comment patrol get you down Cam. Great video and greater arguments!

[Imheretohelpnhavefun]

Best content on this I have listened to. Congrats for the great work!

[anthonyrowden]

Cameron, thank you for your work. It's great to know that in any conversation with a non-Christian I can say "I can literally send you an over 3 hour video of historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection with leading scholars discussing it." That would not be possible without ministries like your own. Thank you.

[randypacchioli]

Thank you Cameron ! Your videos are top notch. God bless you. 👍

[theberrby]

*Very off topic*
but
I like how the first part says "Cameron sips coffee".

[sydneyscott]

Thank you guys so much. ❤️ I am about to cry like I am so thankful for this ministry. I deal with chronic doubt sometimes for no reason. Having the reassurance that the evidence is so freaking good makes me 😊

[ThePettiestOfficer_Juan]

*Paulogia immediately begins response video*

[heynow]

Argument demonstrating that the resurrection appearances of Jesus didn't necessarily have anything to do with reality.

1. Paul says Jesus "appeared" to him - 1 Cor 15:8.
2. The appearance to Paul was a personal "vision" or "revelation" from heaven - Gal. 1:16, Acts 26:19.
3. Paul uses his vision/revelation from heaven as a "resurrection appearance" - 1 Cor 15:5-8.
4. Therefore, visions/revelations from heaven counted as "resurrection appearances."

If Paul can use a personal/subjective "revelation" (Gal. 1:16) as a "resurrection appearance" in 1 Cor 15:8 then it necessarily follows that early Christians accepted personal/subjective claims of "revelations" from heaven (experiences that don't necessarily have anything to do with reality) as evidence of the Resurrected Christ "appearing" to them. In other words, not actually seeing Jesus counted as "seeing" Jesus. Even though Jesus wasn't physically present, one could still claim that Jesus had "appeared" to them. Think about that for a moment.

We can then proceed with the following argument:

1. Early Christians accepted personal/subjective claims of "visions/revelations" as "resurrection appearances."
2. Personal/subjective claims of visions/revelations don't necessarily have anything to do with reality.
3. Therefore, early Christians accepted personal/subjective claims that didn't necessarily have anything to with reality as "resurrection appearances."

[lawrenceeason]

There is virtually no evidence for a resurrection. Just anecdotal that flies in the face of all the evidence we know. There is nothing in our evidence catalog that backs up the possibility that a human being could possibly raise from being dead after 3 days.

1. People lived to be 900 years old
2. One man defeated a 1, 000 man army with a bone
3. 8.7 million species fit Into a 450 foot boat
4. Mankind began as 2 people in a garden somewhere talking to a talking snake in a tree about fruit
5. A baby was born to a woman who didn't have sex, grew up to walk on water, and died for 3 days and rose again alive. George Romero would be proud
6. Wooden canes turned into snakes
7. Talking donkeys
8. A man lived inside a big fish for 3 days

The ingredients of fables

[DanielApologetics]

You'all know what's true? Jesus is risen. Which means - "Christianity is true!"

[northernlight]

Just watched the clip with you and Braxton/Winger/Meme.Thank you for acknowledging that animals show signs that they have the capacity to suffer and feel pain. To recoqnize that it's a legitimate argument and that needs some consideration/thinking on the matter. I think you are a caring and compassionate person. That we dont agree on religion matters little to me. You are free and welcome to believe what ever you want. What matters the most to me is how we treat and coexsist with eachother and how we best represent our worldview in a compassionate manner. Have a nice day.