Evidence Item - v0.7
Bodily resurrection as a partial answer to spiritual-only readings
E-ANS-SPIRITUAL-ONLY-BODILY-RESURRECTION
Visual overview: Bodily resurrection as a partial answer to spiritual-only readings visual overview
Classification
- Evidence ID
- E-ANS-SPIRITUAL-ONLY-BODILY-RESURRECTION
- Corpus/version
- v0.7
- Stage
- Not explicitly stage-mapped in current stage_flow.
- Category
- Defeater Answers
- Major category
- History
- Sub-category
- Resurrection Alternatives
- BF status
- ready
- Scoring label
- Scored row with active Bayes factors
Navigation
Primary Datum
Datum: spiritual-only interpretations must explain why early resurrection proclamation took bodily and eschatological form.
Scoring / Hypothesis Pressure
| Hypothesis | log10BF | Min | Max | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
H-ALT-SPIRITUAL-ONLY | -0.035 | -0.06 | -0.01 | Bodily and eschatological resurrection language modestly pressures spiritual-only interpretations, while leaving exaltation and vindication categories live. |
Dependency / Cap Metadata
- dependency_cluster_id
- resurrection_alternatives
- dependency_cluster_role
- counter
- dependency_cluster
- resurrection_alternatives
- dependency_role
- counter
- cap_profile
- rival_pressure
- evidence_function
- defeater_answer
- directness
- supporting
Apologetic Note
- label
- Partial answer
- title
- Exaltation is not identical to resurrection.
- key point
- Spiritual-only readings explain vindication language, but the earliest Christian claim carries bodily and eschatological resurrection weight.
- conversation move
- Grant exaltation first. Then ask why the earliest proclamation uses resurrection language with bodily, tomb, witness, and public reversal pressure.
- caveat
- This is not direct Resurrection proof. It is a bounded answer to one rival explanation.
Scripture Passage
1 Corinthians 15:3-8; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:24-29
Caveats / Notes
- Source note
- Pair with E-ALT-SPIR-1 and E-HIST-BODILY-RESURRECTION-ORIGIN. Keep spiritual-only, exaltation, and bodily-resurrection categories distinct.
- Cap notes
- Paired answer to spiritual-only resurrection pressure. It may contribute only bounded alternative-collapse support and must not be routed as direct Resurrection evidence.
- Scoring note
- Small capped pressure against H-ALT-SPIRITUAL-ONLY only. No direct H-RESURRECTION BF.
Citations
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-8.
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-28.
- Luke 24:36-43.
- John 20:24-29.
- Daniel 12:2.
- 2 Maccabees 7.
- N. T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God (Fortress, 2003).
- Dale C. Allison Jr., The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History (Bloomsbury, 2021).
- Claudia Setzer, Resurrection of the Body in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (Brill, 2004).
Recommended Citation
The Signal Evidence Dataset, "Bodily resurrection as a partial answer to spiritual-only readings," Evidence ID: E-ANS-SPIRITUAL-ONLY-BODILY-RESURRECTION, Version 0.7. Accessed [access date]. https://logos-signal.org/evidence/E-ANS-SPIRITUAL-ONLY-BODILY-RESURRECTION/
Machine-Readable Source
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