Swinburne, Richard formerly Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford
Print publication date: 2003 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925746-1







doi:10.1093/0199257469.003.0014

Richard Swinburne
Abstract: Summarizes the argument of the book. Given only a moderate amount of evidence from natural theology in favour of the existence of God and his having reason to become incarnate among humans, there is far more evidence that Jesus led the sort of life that God Incarnate would lead, and that that life was culminated by a super-miracle, than there is for any other prophet in human history. In consequence, the overall balance of evidence in favour of the Resurrection having occurred is very strong. This is elucidated in the formalism of the probability calculus by Bayes's theorem.

Keywords: Bayes's theorem, God, incarnation, probability calculus, Resurrection,

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Part I General Background Evidence
Part II Prior Historical Evidence
Part III Posterior Historical Evidence
Part IV Conclusion