The belief in a God who raises the dead has always provoked skepticism. Equally persistent is the hope that death is not the end for us humans. This tension is already reflected in the New Testament testimonies that speak of the extraordinary event of Jesus' resurrection. Thomas Söding begins with the accounts of the empty tomb and the appearances of the risen Christ. He inquires about the human experiences that are mirrored in the New Testament Easter testimonies and the divine event that underlies them. God Himself is the foundation of Christian hope that life, not death, has an insurmountable advantage.