RT Article
T1 Volles Grab, leerer Glaube? Zum Streit um die Auferweckung des Gekreuzigten
JF Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
VO 95
IS 3
SP 379
OP 409
A1 Dalferth, Ingolf U. 1948-
LA German
PB Mohr Siebeck
YR 1998
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1784623679
AB Instead of causally explaining the empty tomb, the interpretative function of the resurrection message lies in the attempt to bridge the gap between the fact that Jesus died on the cross and the appearances of the risen Christ by referring to God's activity. The empty tomb is not essential to the kernel of Christian faith. In strict logic, empty tomb and resurrection do not necessarily entail each other: Jesus could have risen and the corpse be in the tomb; Jesus could not have risen and the tomb be empty. The fact that the tomb was not empty could affect the faith only under the condition that therewith the appearances of Jesus were rendered impossible. This, of course, is not so. Hence, arguments about the empty tomb are theologically pointless.