RUMORS OF DECEPTION HAVE SURROUNDED CLAIMS OF JESUS' RESURRECTION ever since the soldiers appointed to guard Jesus' tomb made their report to the Jewish authorities. But no one has led the philosophic charge against miracles quite as influentially as David Hume with his 1748 essay "Of Miracles." Refined, revised, restated, his arguments still affect philosophic discussions of miracles today.

During the twentieth century, perhaps no one has raised stronger arguments against miracles than Antony Flew, now professor emeritus at Keele University in England. Flew has contributed a fresh statement of his objections to the idea of God's acting in history just for this volume, which also includes Hume's classic critique as a part of the case against miracles.

In response, Douglas Geivett and Gary Habermas have assembled a distinguished team of scholars to rebut the objections and set forth the positive case for God's action in history-both in theory and in actual events such as those recorded in the Bible.

Richard Purtill clarifies what we mean by the word miracle, while Norman Geisler critiques Hume's case against miracles. Francis Beckwith and Winfried Corduan assess how we would recognize miracles in the past and in the present.

Ronald Nash examines naturalism as a worldview that excludes miracles and shows its self-referential incoherence. J. P. Moreland looks at science to see whether it properly rules out the possibility of miracles. God's existence and the possibility of his action in history are probed by David Beck and Stephen Davis, while Douglas Geivett argues that within a theistic framework it is reasonable to expect that miracles would offer confirmation of claims to special revelation.

David Clark examines miracles within the context of various world religions to see how they fit within varied conceptual frameworks. Robert Newman, John Feinberg, William Lane Craig and Gary Habermas round off the discussion by investigating fulfilled prophecy, the virgin birth and incarnation of Jesus, the empty tomb, and the res urrection appearances.

In Defense of Miracles is a comprehensive, up-to-date discussion that should not be overlooked by anyone concerned with the issues surrounding the current debate over miracles.