Michael R. Licona (2)
virtually all critical scholars who have written on the subject, including rather skeptical ones, maintain that in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 Paul has provided tradition(s) about Jesus that he did not form but rather received from others, as he claims. There is likewise widespread agreement that it was composed very early and may very well be the oldest extant tradition pertaining to the resurrection of Jesus.
Michael R. Licona
The Resurrection of Jesus 233-234 it is most reasonable to conclude that the tradition in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 was formed in Jerusalem and that Paul either received it directly from the Jerusalem apostles or from someone he deemed very credible.The Resurrection of Jesus 227-228
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