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The Life of Jesus Critically Examined (Classic Reprint)
The Life of Jesus Critically Examined - Classic Reprint Author:David Friedrich Strauss INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESENT EDITION, BV PROFESSOR OTTO PFLEIDERER, D.D. THE Leben Jem of David Friedrich Strauss, which was published in the year 1835, marked an epoch in the history of theology. On the one hand, this book represents the crisis in theology at which the doubts and critical objections of centuries as to the credibility of the ,Bib... more »le narratives had accumulated in such overwhelming volume as to break through and sweep away all the defences of orthodox apologetics. On the other hand, in the very completeness of the destructive criticism of past tradition lay the germs of a new science oC constructive critical inquiry, the work of which was to bring to light the truth of history. It is quite true that the Life of Jesus of I835 was far from perfect. as judged by the present standard of scientific criticism, and Biblical science has long since advanced beyond it. Nevertheless, it cannot be disputed that it takes rank amongst the standard works which are se
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