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The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede
The Quest of the Historical Jesus A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede
Author: Albert Schweitzer
In the last decades of the eighteenth century, old arguments about what constituted true Christianity resumed with the newly refined tools and methods of linguistics, history, and comparative literature. The most sensitive questions sought to probe through the centuries and discover the original Jesus. Why, scholars asked, is the New Testament s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780020892403
ISBN-10: 0020892403
Publication Date: 10/1/1968
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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One of my favorite books on the idea of the Quest of the Historical Jesus. Despite the conclusion that Schweitzer comes to, the Quest is still a valid proposition, with new ideas and proposals appearing each year. A tremendous evaluation of the early attempts to evaluate the difference between the perception of Christ and the personhood of Jesus.


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