Classic Replay: A Jewish sceptic investigates the resurrection: Michael Alter vs Jonathan McLatchie

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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From 2016: Michael Alter is a Jew who spent a decade researching the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus after being challenged to investigate it. The result is his book ‘The Resurrection: A critical enquiry’. He was not eventually persuaded by the evidence he found. Part of his research responds to the so-called ‘minimal facts’ surrounding the story often cited by apologists. Apologist Jonathan McLatchie responds to Alter’s objections to the resurrection making that case that the reported experiences of the disciples, and the conversion of Paul and James the brother of Jesus, provide historical evidence for the plausibility of the Resurrection. For Michael J Alter: https://michaeljalter.wordpress.com/ For Jonathan McLatchie: http://www.apologetics-academy.org/ • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:55.3	As now, here's today's unbelievable classic replay hosted by Justin Briley from 2016.
1:05.8	Well today we're doing a classic debate, the resurrection debate, very appropriate for
1:10.0	Easter weekend.
1:11.0	Today a Jewish skeptic investigates the resurrection.
1:14.6	His name is Michael Ulter, he is a member of the Jewish faith, he lives in the USA, he
1:19.1	recently retired from teaching, but several years ago he came across Christian apologetics
1:23.8	material, making the case for the resurrection of Jesus.
1:26.9	In fact he was challenged to look into it by a believer.
1:30.4	He decided to make an investigation, the result of which several years later is his scholarly
1:35.1	text The Resurrection, A Critical Inquiry.
1:38.7	In the end Michael rejects the resurrection as a hypothesis for what happened to Jesus
1:42.7	of Nazareth, particularly tackling the so-called minimal facts, often used by Christian
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