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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      16 May 2011
      02 September 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511736292
      9781108019552
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511736292
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      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 448 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
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    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). Strauss applied strict historical method to the gospel narratives and caused scandal across the Protestant world by concluding that all miraculous elements were mythical and ahistorical. Strauss introduces Volume 1 with a survey of 'de-mythology' in Western thought. He applies modern historical and scientific criticism to the annunciation and birth narratives; the Davidic descent and genealogies of Jesus; Jesus' visit to the temple; Jesus' baptism and temptation and his relationship with John the Baptist. The volume ends with a chapter on chronology and locality in 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.

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