Before we leave Paul, we have to take seriously a list he included in I Corinthians, which he wrote around the years 54–56 CE. Here Paul states that the Christ, who was raised into God at his death, not into a life of flesh and blood in this world, nonetheless “appeared” to the people on this list (I Cor. 15:3–8). To what kind of experience was Paul referring in this part of his work?
