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Books : The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress from Reimarus to WredeIn association with Amazon.com EAN: 9780026084109 ISBN: 0026084104 Label: MacMillan Publishing Company Manufacturer: MacMillan Publishing Company Number Of Pages: 413 Publication Date: 1968-10 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Studio: MacMillan Publishing Company Sales Rank: 3314707 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Groundbreaking study that established the reputation of the famed theologian traces the search for the historical person of Jesus. Schweitzer examines works of more than 50 18th- and 19th-century authors and scholars and concludes that many of the earlier historical reconstructions of Christ were largely fantasies. The criterion for all subsequent studies. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Orthodox Point of ViewI am surprised the reviews are so one-sided over such a controversial subject matter. Let me provide an orthodox counterview. Schweitzer spends 18 chapters going through various Germanic attempts at trying to remove all miracle and supernatural content within the Gospel texts while maintaining some coherent historical documentation that corrects the historical record. The elimination of miracle and the requisite substitution of storyline from the imaginations of these ... Read More Rating:  - Quest of rhe Historical JesusThe writing is a little thick at times, surely due to a combination of a century-old writing style together with the translation from German. However, the translation ends up being brilliant and captures the heart and soul of what Schweitzer was trying to say. I got caught up in the book. For anyone interested in the history behind the "Quest," or its current roots and currents, this book is a "must." For some Christians, parts of its contents may be troubling -- I believe in a way that challenges ... Read More Rating: - Hasn't Lost a Bit of RelevanceThough it could benefit from 20th-century discoveries about the nature of Jewish apocalyptic, Schweitzer's majestically written, often devastating analysis of the covert theology-as-history of German academia is timeless. He gives all a fair shake, particularly Strauss, certainly the 19th century's boldest and most original quester, and finally shows that all are insufficient to account for the (apparently quite embarrassing) fact of Jesus' intense eschatology. His work is still applicable to the innumerable ... Read More Rating: - Heroic ScholarsThis is the greatest book ever written about the historical Jesus, and it should be required reading for every college student. It is brilliant, profound, thrilling, and fairly easy to read (no Greek quotations to puzzle over, and lots of colorful phrases). The book is an intellectual detective story embedded in the solid framework of a chronological survey, vividly illuminating the theories of dozens of courageous New Testament scholars from about 1750 to 1900. Schweitzer spends little time on ... Read More Rating: - Misunderstood classicFor over one hundred years people have been misinterpreting this book, or at least focusing on a secondary issue. Yes, Schweitzer does show how views of Jesus mirror the culture of the writers who write about him. But that is not as important as the fact that the Jesus who emerges from scholarship is probably not very appealing to modern people. He was not a loving Saviour giving his life for others. He was a Jewish apocalyptic prophet interested only in divine intervention to save Israel and destroy the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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