The Myth of Jesus' Resurrection

The further away we get on the timeline from the actual event itself, the more fanciful and the more frequent these appearances seem to be recounted. So I think what you've got is multiple independent traditions of these post-mortem appearances of Jesus. And it won't do to just write these off as legendary or mythical because they go right back to the earliest sources like Paul's tradition that he hands on in 1 Corinthians 15.