Resurrection

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The conviction that a man who died came back to life is, of course, a paradox.  But that paradox may contain the secret of its powerful appeal  ...  it speaks the language of human emotions.  It addresses itself to that which may be our deepest fear, and expresses our longing to overcome death.

Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels