UID:
almahu_9947415497002882
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 446 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511736315 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Religion
Uniform Title:
Leben Jesu.
Content:
The German theologian David Friedrich Strauss (1808–1874) published his highly controversial The Life of Jesus in three volumes between 1835 and 1836. This translation, by George Eliot, is based on the fourth German edition (1840). In this work Strauss applied strict historical method to the New Testament gospel narratives and caused scandal across the Protestant world by concluding that all miraculous elements were mythical and ahistorical. Volume 3 applies modern historical criticism to 'de-mythologize' the narratives of the transfiguration, Jesus' final journey into Jerusalem, the passion, the death, and the resurrection; and investigates the historicity of Jesus' enemies. The volume concludes with an essay entitled 'The Dogmatic Import of the Life of Jesus'. This is a key text of nineteenth-century theology that pioneered the application of historical and scientific methods to the study of religious texts. It is essential reading for any student of the New Testament.
Note:
Originally published in London by Chapman Brothers in 1846.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108019583
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511736315
