Seeing the Easter stories as parable, as parabolic narratives, affirms, “Believe whatever you want about whether the stories happened this way—now let’s talk about what they mean.” If you believe the tomb was empty, fine; now, what does this story mean? If you believe that Jesus’s appearances could have been videotaped, fine; now, what do these stories mean? And if you’re not sure about that, or even if you are quite sure it didn’t happen this way, fine; now, what do these stories mean?
