Lecture 10: Woolston and Sherlock on the Resurrection

Ian Ramsey Centre: The Deist Controversy by Oxford University

Jun 22, 201749:06Religion & Spirituality

The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection by Thomas Sherlock is the focus of this lecture. Sherlock’s work is a thorough refutation of Woolston’s Sixth Discourse. The Tryal is in the form of a mock trial and was ver...

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