text: Why is the theological issue not an "issue at hand"?  Even the historical issues are not resolved by the fact that Paul wrote first: he wasn't there.  He wrote "what was handed on" to him, and his choices were driven as much by theological concerns as were the choices of the evangelists. After all, "the centrality of the Resurrection" is far more than a historical affirmation; it is also more than "a" theological claim: it is THE theological claim on which Christianity is founded.