A Conversation on Resurrection, Paul, and Early Christianity

I recently joined The Uncertainty Podcast for a wide‑ranging conversation on how early Christians understood resurrection and what historians can responsibly say about the origins of Christianity. Check it out here on YouTube or as a podcast here.

In the episode, we talk about how people in antiquity would have understood concepts like “resurrection,” what Paul meant when he spoke of being raised with a “spiritual body,” and how these ideas relate to broader Greco‑Roman views of the body, death, and the afterlife. We also discuss the perennial question of whether Jesus or Paul can be understood as the “founder” of Christianity, and what the historical record allows us to say about the period before and after Jesus’ death.

I’m really grateful for the opportunity to revisit these questions in a format that allows for careful nuance and open inquiry, and for a conversation that treats uncertainty as an honest feature of “doing history” well!