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RESURRECTION ON TRIAL

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EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE

EXAMINE THE EVIDENCEEXAMINE THE EVIDENCE

RESURRECTION ON TRIAL

Resurrection on Trial puts Christianity’s central claim in a courtroom. Written in the form of a hypothetical Supreme Court opinion, the book treats the Resurrection as a factual assertion to be tried, subjects it to disciplined evidentiary standards, and renders a reasoned holding. 

The Case Before The Court

 What happens when the Resurrection is treated as a factual claim to be tried?


 For two thousand years, the bodily Resurrection of Jesus has been proclaimed from pulpits and contested in lecture halls. Resurrection on Trial does something different. It puts the claim in a courtroom. 

The Record

THE WITTNESSES

 The testimony of the witnesses, their credibility, and the transformation of those who claimed to have encountered the risen Jesus. 

THE HISTORICAL RECORD

  The fate of the tomb, the conversion of skeptics and persecutors, and the explosive rise of the early Church. 

THE EVIDENCE

 Each fact is considered as part of a cumulative case, asking what explanation best accounts for the record as a whole. 

THE ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS

 Resurrection on Trial tests every alternative explanation on its merits — from conspiracy and hallucination to legend and myth — asking whether each can bear the weight of the evidence. 

THE OPPOSITION GETS A FULL HEARING

 The opposition receives a full and fair hearing, with an entire chapter devoted to addressing the dissent and engaging the arguments of prominent modern skeptics, including Bart Ehrman, Gerd Lüdemann, and Reza Aslan. 

WHY THIS APPROACH IS DIFFERENT

A LITIGATOR’S METHOD

Professor Peter Martino brings the discipline of a working litigator to the case—years spent weighing evidence, cross-examining witnesses, and arguing cases. 

RIGOROUS, BUT ACCESSIBLE

The result is rigorous enough for serious study yet accessible to any intellectually curious reader, believer or skeptic, willing to follow the evidence where it leads. 

A FULLY DOCUMENTED CASE

Across 33 chapters and nearly 400 footnotes, the book builds its case in detail, with appendices extending the inquiry to modern questions—including the Resurrection in the age of artificial intelligence. 

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE. REACH YOUR VERDICT.

Resurrection on Trial invites believers and skeptics alike to examine the case for themselves. 

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