This is a remarkable book by a remarkable scholar … Deeply learned, fascinating, brave book, one that displays a shockingly wide range of reading and an uncommon fairness.

Theology

The Resurrection of Jesus is a book which will probably become standard reading for everyone interested in the great challenge of studying the events of Easter from a historical viewpoint.

The Heythrop Journal

One of the greatest strengths of this book is Allison's willingness, time and again, to take seriously the reality of religious experience ... [A] masterful book

Biblica

This is the best book on the historical and exegetical problems surrounding the resurrection that I know of. Nowhere else will one be informed by such comprehensive, discriminating, and fair-minded judgment regarding the exegetical and historical discussion of Jesus' resurrection. I have learned much from this great book.

Gerd Theissen, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany

This book is the product of the deep and wide reflections of a preeminent scholar. Allison is refreshingly transparent and honest. Some will accuse him of being too pessimistic. Others will charge him with not being skeptical enough. If he is guilty of either, he cannot be faulted for accepting easy answers or of neglecting any arguments. Although I remain persuaded that historical inquiry can yield greater confidence pertaining to what happened to Jesus after his death than Allison allows, this volume is a fair-minded assessment of the data and is scholarship at the highest level.

Michael R. Licona, Associate Professor of Theology, Houston Baptist University, USA

This is the most interesting and illuminating piece of writing on the resurrection of Jesus that I have ever read.

Joel Marcus, Professor Emeritus of New Testament & Christian Origins, Duke Divinity School, USA