The Tomb of Jesus — Page 28
28. It must be noted that Mary Magdalene, the author of the Resurrection story was possessed by seven demons. In other words, she was hysterical to the point of madness. 2. We find ourselves in complete agreement with the noted Oxonian who maintains that the ordinary view of the resurrection of Jesus and his ascension to heaven with his physical body "cannot be substantiated. ”³ The writer in the. Ency. Biblica remarks about the so-called resurrection of Jesus and his ascension to heaven: "Nothing can be conjectured with any certainty, except that it described an appearance of Jesus to the disciples. "4 According to Kirsopp Lake: “In the earliest tradition there was no account of the actual Resurrection, but only statements as to the grave and the appearances of the risen Lord; there was therefore no account of actual Ascension to heaven, but statement of the implication of the fact the Lord was the heavenly being. "5 S. V. . McCasland bears him out in the view just mentioned: "The earliest record which has come down to us from the beginning Christian 2 Luke 8:2. 3 Bernard M. Allen, Story Behind the Gospels, pp. 107, 108. 4 Encyclopaedia Biblica, vol. II, p. 1881. 5. Kirsopp Lake, The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Christ, 1907, p. 231.