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The Life of Jesus Critically Examined

Gelesen von Leni

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Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing 'Quest of the Historical Jesus' movement, and his Life of Jesus is one of the few landmarks in the field. The first edition of Strauss' book was published in Germany in 1835, when he was only 27 years old. He focused his attention on battling two theological fronts which were current at the time - the biblical Literalists who believed the miracles in the Gospels were to be taken as literal history, and the Rationalists, who believed that the Gospel miracles were true but could be explained by natural and rational causes. Strauss rejected both camps and, in a historical analysis of the Gospels that was scrupulous and exhaustive, concluded that our knowledge of the Historical Jesus is hopelessly buried under layers of legend and myth.

The price that Strauss paid for publication was high – his book scandalized Europe, and cost him his job as Chair of Theology at the University of Zurich, and ultimately his career. Dozens of books, mostly from Germany, were written in rebuttal. The school of Rationalism died in the 19th century, due in no small part to Strauss' criticism. The school of Literalism that Strauss criticized evolved into Fundamentalism in the early 20th century, which was in large part a reaction to the groundbreaking path started by Strauss and his revolutionary book.

Medical missionary Albert Schweitzer described Strauss' Life of Jesus as, "one of the most perfect things in the whole range of learned literature. In over fourteen hundred pages he has not a superfluous phrase; his analysis descends to the minutest details, but he does not lose his way among them; his style is simple and picturesque, sometimes ironical, but always dignified and distinguished". (Introduction by JoeD) (57 hr 51 min)

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000 - Introduction by Professor Otto Pfleiderer, Latin prologue, Preface

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001 - Introduction §1 Inevitable Rise of Different Modes of Explaning Sacred Hi…

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002 - Introduction §2 Different Explanations of Sacred Legends Among the Greeks

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003 - Introduction §3 Allegorical Interpretations Among the Hebrews - Philo

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004 - Introduction §4 Allegorical interpretations among the Christians - Origen

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005 - Introduction §5 Transition to More Modern Times, Deists and Naturalists o…

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006 - Introduction §6 Natural Mode of Explanation Adopted by the Rationalists. …

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007 - Introduction §7 Moral Interpretation of Kant

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008 - Introduction §8 Rise of the mythical mode of interpreting the sacred hist…

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009 - Introduciton §9 The mythical mode of interpretation in reference to the N…

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010 - Introduction §10 The notion of the mythus in its application to sacred hi…

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011 - Introduction §11 The application of the notion of the mythus too circumsc…

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012 - Introduction §12 Opposition to the mythical view of the gospel history

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013 - Introduction §13 The possibility of the existence of mythi in the New Tes…

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014 - Introduction §14 The possibility of mythi in the New Testament considered…

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015 - Introduction §15 Definition of the evangelical mythus, and its distinctiv…

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016 - Introduction §16 Criteria by which to distinguish the unhistorical in the…

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017 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 1 - Annunci…

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020 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 2 - Davidic…

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022 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 2 - Davidic…

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023 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 3 - Announc…

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031 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 3 - Announc…

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032 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 4 - Birth a…

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033 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 4 - Birth a…

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039 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 4 - Birth a…

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040 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 5 - The Fir…

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041 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 5 - The Fir…

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042 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 5 - The Fir…

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043 - Part 1 - History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus, Chapter 5 - The Fir…

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044 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 1 - Relations Betwee…

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045 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 1 - Relations Betwee…

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046 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 1 - Relations Betwee…

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048 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 1 - Relations Betwee…

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049 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 2 - Baptism and Temp…

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050 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 2 - Baptism and Temp…

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051 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 2 - Baptism and Temp…

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056 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 2 - Baptism and Temp…

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057 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 3 - Locality and Chr…

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060 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 3 - Locality and Chr…

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061 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 4 - Jesus as the Mes…

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069 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 4 - Jesus as the Mes…

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070 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 5 - The Disciples of…

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071 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 5 - The Disciples of…

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076 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 6 - The Discourses o…

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080 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 7 - Discourses of Je…

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083 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 7 - Discourses of Je…

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084 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 8 - Events in the Pu…

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091 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesu…

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092 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesu…

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106 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 10 - The Transfigura…

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107 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 10 - The Transfigura…

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108 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 10 - The Transfigura…

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112 - Part 3 - History of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Chapter…

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145 - Concluding Dissertation - The Dogmatic Import of the Life of Jesus §144 …

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Bewertungen

Important in the History of Biblical Study

(5 Sterne)

This book is an amazing accomplishment for a brilliant 27 year old theologian. Joe has done a wonderful job of reading it clearly, doesn't rush through it, and keeps it from becoming dry.

Fascinating Translation by George Eliot

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Fascinating Translation by George Eliot Impeccable reading by JoeD of a demanding text.