Rudolf Karl Bultmann (Author of Jesus Christ and Mythology)

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Rudolf Karl Bultmann

Born

in Wiefelstede, Germany

August 20, 1884

Died

July 30, 1976

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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Rudolf Karl Bultmann (August 20, 1884, Wiefelstede â€� July 30, 1976, Marburg) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg. He was one of the major figures of early 20th century biblical studies and a prominent voice in liberal Christianity.

Bultmann is known for his belief that the historical analysis of the New Testament is both futile and unnecessary, given that the earliest Christian literature showed little interest in specific locations.] Bultmann argued that all that matters is the "thatness", not the "whatness" of Jesus, i.e. only that Jesus existed, preached and died by crucifixion matters, not what happened throughout his life.

Bultmann relied on demythologization, an approach interpret ...more

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	Jesus Christ and Mythology 3.45 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1926 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theology of the New Testament by Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Kendrick Grobel (Translator), Robert Morgan (Introduction) 3.60 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1953 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting 3.83 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1949 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jesus and the Word 3.94 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1926 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History and Eschatology: The Presence of Eternity 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1957 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Synoptic Tradition 3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1931 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gospel of John: A Commentary 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1941 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existence and Faith. Shorter Writings of Rudolf Bultmann by Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Schubert M. Ogden (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith and Understanding by Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Louise Pettibone Smith (Translator), Robert W. Funk (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1952 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ù…Ø³ÛŒØ Ùˆ Ø§Ø³Ø§Ø·ÛŒØ± by Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Ù…Ø³Ø¹ÙˆØ¯ Ø¹Ù„ÙŠØ§ 3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When reason has followed its road to the end, the point of crisis is reached and man is brought to the great question mark over his own existence.”
― Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Faith and Understanding

tags: christianity, existentialism, faith, reason

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“Can Christian preaching expect modern man to accept the mythical view of the world as true? To do so would be both senseless and impossible. It would be senseless, because there is nothing specifically Christian in the mythical view of the world as such. It is simply the cosmology of a pre-scientific age.”
― Rudolf Karl Bultmann

tags: christianity, cosmology, mythology

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“The historical method includes the presupposition that history is a unity in the sense of a closed continuum of effects in which individual events are connected by the succession of cause and effect....This closedness means that the continuum of historical happenings cannot be rent by the interference of supernatural transcendent powers and that therefore there is no "miracle" in this sense of the word.”
― Rudolf Karl Bultmann

tags: historical-method, miracles

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