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Introduction

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Jerusalem-centered proclamation made the claim publicly exposed.

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The earliest resurrection proclamation is remembered as taking place in Jerusalem, the city of Jesus' death. That matters because local claims about burial, body, and public preaching were easier to challenge there than in a distant mythic setting. The point is modest: this is location and public-checkability pressure, not another empty-tomb proof.

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Observation
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Jerusalem-centered proclamation modestly raises the cost of late-legend and simple-fabrication explanations. If the movement preached resurrection in the same city where Jesus had been executed and buried, then the claim entered a public setting with memory, opponents, officials, pilgrims, and local knowledge still in play.

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This row must stay tightly governed. It overlaps with burial, empty tomb, women witnesses, Roman crucifixion, and early creed rows. Its distinct contribution is public-location pressure: a resurrection claim preached in Jerusalem is harder to treat as a distant legendary rumor, but the row does not independently establish what happened to the body.

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What It Pressures
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What It Does Not Show
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Bayesian Meaning
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The active numerical weight is unchanged: H-ALT-LEGEND: -0.04 log10BF; H-ALT-CONSPIRACY: -0.03 log10BF. This is supporting anti-legend pressure inside the capped empty-tomb/burial context family.

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A Jerusalem setting does not prove an empty tomb or a resurrection event by itself, and Acts' presentation must be read with Lukan shaping in view. This row should be read as public-location pressure on legend and conspiracy accounts, not as direct Resurrection proof.", "path": "Start with what the row actually shows: the proclamation is remembered in the city of execution and burial. Then move to the separate rows for creed, burial, empty tomb, women witnesses, Paul, James, and alternatives. Public checkability matters, but it is only one governed strand." }, "source_note": "Source/prose cleanup only. Acts 2-4 is used for Jerusalem proclamation context with Lukan-source caveats. No BF change and no direct H-RESURRECTION score." }