MERGED: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part 1) & (Part 2)

[Jenny A]

I know it is a sad fact lol. I know

1. John Dominic Crossan
2. Bart Ehrman
3. Gerd Ludeman
4. James Tabor
5. E.P Sanders

That is at least five. So you asked for a minimum of one, and maximum of ten...well, I split it right down the middle...with five.

If this is supposed to be a list of non Christians historians you are either a liar, or you don't read.

John Dominic Crossan is ex priest with a degree in divinity. He has remained remained a Roman Catholic. He is not an atheist or an agnostic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dominic_Crossan

Bart Ehrman is an ex Christian with a degree in divinity.

E.P Sanders is another guy with a degree in divinity. "Sanders identifies himself as a "liberal, modern, secularized Protestant." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._P._Sanders He does not identify himself as an atheist.

I can't pin down Gerd Ludmann's degree with certainty, but it appears to have been theological. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_L%C3%BCdemann

Jame Tabor has a degree in Biblical literature. It's not clear whether he thinks Jesus is historical or not:

Richard Wightman Fox, professor of history, the University of Southern California, writing in Slate (April 2006) said, "Ultimately Tabor leaves the reader confused about whether he thinks the Jesus dynasty is a historical fact or merely an intriguing conjecture" and that "Tabor seems stuck in an endless loop, squinting across the sands of time as much as the terrain of Galilee and Judea, holding out for some imagined "real" contact with the historical Jesus"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tabor It's not clear whether he would call himself a Christian.

There isn't a man educated as a historian on your list. One of them may not believe in a historical Jesus, and another couple remain Christian.