The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Contributors: John Bowden (Editor)
Edition: 1st comple edition
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780800632885
Subjects: Religion; History and criticism; Christology; Theology - Christology; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - New Testament; Jesus Christ; Christian Theology - Christology; Biography; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; Historicity
Description: In this revised translation and retrieval of the full text of the revised German edition, Schweitzer describes and critiques eighteenth and nineteenth century attempts at retrieving the "Jesus of history" and stands at the crossroads of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to bring closure to the former, and to open the latter for New Testament scholarship. Schweitzer saw the problems of historiography, theology, and politics in the ways the issues were formulated--and the answers proposed--and refocused attention on Jesus' "eschatology" in a way abandoned by his predecessors. Issues of the messianic secret, the nature of the kingdom of God, and Jesus' mission are addressed.