§ 133. Prodigies attendant on the death of Jesus 691 134. The wound by a spear in the side of Jesus 697 135. Burial of Jesus 701 136. The watch at the grave of Jesus 705 137. First tidings of the resurrection 709 138. Appearances of the risen Jesus in Galilee and in Judea, including those mentioned by Paul and by apocryphal writings 718 139. Quality of the body and life of Jesus after the resurrection 728 140. Debates concerning the reality of the death and resurrection of Jesus 735 CHAPTER V. THE ASCENSION. § 141. The last commands and promises of Jesus 745 142. The so-called ascension considered as a supernatural and as a natural event 749 143. Insufficiency of the narratives of the ascension. Mythical conception of those narratives 752 CONCLUDING DISSERTATION. THE DOGMATIC IMPORT OF THE LIFE OF JESUS. § 144. Necessary transition from criticism to dogma 757 145. The Christology of the orthodox system 758 146. Objections to the Christology of the church 764 147. The Christology of rationalism 767 148. The eclectic Christology of Schleiermacher 768 149. Christology interpreted symbolically. Kant. De Wette 773 150. The speculative Christology 777 151. Last dilemma 778 152. Relation of the critical and speculative theology to the church 781 THE LIFE OF JESUS. INTRODUCTION. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MYTHICAL POINT OF VIEW IN RELATION TO THE GOSPEL HISTORIES. § 1. INEVITABLE RISE OF DIFFERENT MODES OF EXPLAINING SACRED HISTORIES.