, 1873-11-30
KElM's HISTORY OF Jesus,

KEIM's HISTORY OF JESUS,
THE HISTORY or JESUS OF NAzARA: ooxsrD~
EHxD N 1rs CONNECTION WITH THE NATIONAL
Dr. TnEoDqnK K.rN. Translated from the asr- assar:
inhn. Vol. I. London: Williams Eorgae. 1873.
A ycar or moro ago n number Of eminent c1or4
gymon and lay.non In England among whom
wore Doan Stanley Prof. Jowott Or. Tulloch,
and tho nev. JanaB hlartinea,l, started
chronological Translation Fund," to procure tho
publication In English Of tho works OF cortain
Garnan and Dutch acholarg, without roforonco to
dootrinal oonsidorations III tho department Of
Theological literature, of moro Independent
oharaotor, less biaael by dogtnatical propos-
sessions, lltoraturo represented by such works
"a those OF Ewald, nuptol1, 7. O. Daur, zollor,
Rotllo; Koim, Bchrador, Hausratb, Noldoko,
pleidorer, etc.. In Germany, and By those Of
Kuonon, scholton, aud othora In Holland" The
frat product Of this movement ID tho History Of
Jesus. by Theodore Kolm, Of 0onoya,--a work
Of lofty tono, Of profound scholarship, and Of
| microscopic critical aoumon. Only ono Of tho
! two voluinea Of wlIc], 1t is composod haB como
from the press, aud shia ono ia wholly occupied
With An examination Of tho sources OF tic his
tory, jewish, Christian, md hcathon; Of the
political. social, and religious condition Of the
world. and particularly Of Judea. ut the TINA Of
tito advent Of Jesus: aud Of tho prevailing
philosophy Of tic cpoch, h,-Ho that no only roach
tho beginning Of tho History OF JoHus at the end
Of tho Arnt volume.
Dr.. Keim holds that Jesus Of Nazareth for
Nazara, a. he spel1a it) was q man who, bJ ths
forco Of hia bpiritua! powor, brcano, after nttls
moro than yoar Of acsiyo ufo, tho creator Of 4
now and higher order Of things in this world,
boundless In duration, and only limited by ths
circumference Of tho Garth. IIo docs not con.
sidor him to have been tho Deity. although ha
speaks OF linn frequently as tho Mastor, tho
sinleas One, and US Our>Lord. Aa much rover
ence for tho character and mission Of JesuB al
can bo given without according to him equality
with God, ho freely. bertowR. such equality,
however, 10 withholds, or rather Auds himself
unable to conoodo.
Naturally, tile frat atop in work Of this kind
Is IN examination Of tho
| SOURCES or TIE HISTORY,
and first tho jewish sources. Among thoro Philo
OF Alexandria and Joaephua aro tho most in.
toroating. Yet Philo, though leaning toward the
Christian sect, aud always spoa!sing vol Of
them. ueYor mentions tho namo Of Jesus. Jo-
ecphua does mention it. Ho speaks Of JamoH
the just, u the brother Of Jesus, the so.callod
Christ" and tolls how ha (Jam os) was cruelly put
to death. Tho woll-known passage in Josophua
which Speake Of Jesus as having boon cruoihcd
and rison from tho dead On tho third day, az waa
predicted by tho holy prophets, Dr.. Koim holds
to bo spurious, for several reasons but principal
" because 1t was equivalent to a belief on the
= part Of Josephus that Josua waH tho Mcaaiah.
Logically, therefore, ho must haTo been q
Christian but, although the Christian scct Was
+ humorous In his dny, and could not havo been
l Unknown to him, thoro Is no allusion to thom in
1 any of hiB writings. On the other hand, thorc is
abundant evidence that Josephu8 li7od and died
In tho Jowish faith. Moreover, this Passago was
t not known to tho Christian Fathers before the
0 third century, and Ofigen makes bitter attaols
: Oh Josophus for giving higher place to James
tho Just than to Jesus which would not have
! been valid accusation it this passage had bren
. embraced In tho manuscripts of JoBophus cur
rent in his timo. Other jewish sourcen ara
8 either silent rospoctiug Josus or full Of 1nalg-
4 nant scandals concerning him.
t TIE nEArnEN SOURCES
:; | aro both mora numerous Anl more respectable
: than tho jewish, TaoituH tells LIB when, where,
and by whom Jesus WAS put to death, a3d ho
apeaku OF tho Christian acct in two or three
n Places with naughty contempt, 1t ii true, but
r with historical delnitoneas. Suetonius speaks
" OF !" "Ohriat" as restless and soditous JoTish
r. asitator but locates him in homo instead Of
+ Jerusalem! rlny tho Younger writeB that the
Ia Christians Of Dlthynia did not saorl1co to the
,..l gods, but paid their VOWS to Christ as God.
L. Lucian, iu tho Hcconl century, Gays that the
n Christian sect was founded bv "sophist," who
~ wan cruoiflol for introducing now mysteries.
D. CELSIUS. tho philosopher n contemporary oi
nTnrcua Aure1;na "a. u. 1q0,. was thu most I'm.
con,,romi,inr of MI tho ndyersarios Of the
" Christian faith. Flo had made ,,ingolf ooouaint-
ed with tho Gospels Of matthew. Luke, and
), John. md with tho contemporary literature Of
=. tho laws ond tim t9noatca ue saws that Chris
u jo,,;+v 600 h,so1 IN dccc,t hoc,,sa ta fonndor
3 rran1o;n,o5 h,,noo,r to ho fod md tbo aon Of
.;r9;n ~yora.a In ,vo. H., i,1critimato son Of an
10 rnn,aTr,od ,romen ,. TINT he rcsorted to Juggling
t5c,ta TN rniracoa which failod him in tic final
hnnr, n,ot t'o urotendn1 nro,,hccica con.
= oo,,,;,o 1oe,a IN not onnlv to lin
II ttos ~ storv ~ +,o rcanrrcciiou il mi
70 croa;1o and th,t III, onlv witnesses to It vo7e