A while ago, the journal Unio cum Christo published my extended review article on the following:
Allison, Dale C., Jr. The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History. New York: Bloomsbury, 2021.
I’m happy to say that this one is available “open access” at the following link: https://doi.org/10.13109/uncc.2025.11.1.97
For good measure, here’s the final paragraph of the review:
In the end, I say unreservedly that Parts I–II of The Resurrection of Jesus will stimulate important discussions in New Testament research, both historical and theological. I would even go so far as to say that these parts will make this book a “classic” in the field of any form of inquiry touching upon Jesus’s resurrection, from commentaries on the Gospels to so-called historical Jesus research, from Pauline theology to canonics. Part III, however, is probably doomed to be skimmed or ignored because of how vague Allison’s comparative method is. Part IV has some usefulness in humbling both the apologist and the skeptic, but because it is more critical than constructive, again, it is probably going to be skimmed or ignored by most. As Allison himself says, “I have not finished this book but abandoned it” (7), so I fear that such will be the case for most readers who pick it up.

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