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     Others, like Hume, accept the \emph{meaning} of the resurrection while rejecting its \emph{truth} (reductionists alter the meaning so that they may accept the truth, which has been altered thereby as well).
 
     \subsubsection*{The Easter appearances}
+    The Easter appearances all have the following in common:
+
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item They happen on Jesus' initiative.
+        \item There is an aspect of `ordinariness', unlike with other communication from God.
+        \item They were revealing events.
+        \item They were a special experience.
+        \item They had something to do with the non-transferable mission of the person to whom Jesus appeared.
+        \item They were in some sense visually perceptive.
+    \end{itemize}
+
+    Some people try to account scientifically for the Easter appearances, however, these analogies always fail at crucial points.
+
+    \subsubsection*{The discovery of the empty tomb}
+    There is a number of reasons why we may find the stories (in the Markan tradition and in John) of the discovery of the empty tomb historically reliable.
+
+    First, in the Gospels there is some discussion \emph{why} the tomb was empty, but there is no question whether it really was empty.
+
+    Second, if the story were invented by the first Christians, they would have let male disciples make the discovery.
+
+    Third, we find also Paul talking about Christ rising `from the dead' in a physical manner, using exactly the same words as the evangelists.
+
+    Lastly, it should be noted that in Pharisaic thinking like that of Paul, a resurrection without empty tomb would be inconceivable.
+
+    \subsubsection*{Novelties to explain}
+    Augustine and others have proposed different reasons why we should think God was at work in the spreading of Christianity:
+
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item The disciples were uneducated and spread Christianity quickly.
+        \item Unlike the founders of other world religions, Jesus did not have a long career or strong military backing.
+    \end{itemize}
+
+    There are other novelties that we need to explain:
+
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item The notion of a failing, suffering Messiah was uncommon to pre-Christian Judaism.
+        \item Also, the whole resurrection theme that was so central to early Christian preaching, cannot be found in contemporary Judaism or in Jesus' teaching.
+    \end{itemize}
+
+    \subsubsection*{The resurrection as revealing: Jesus, God, human beings and their world}
+    To be done.
 \end{chapter}