Rudolf Bultmann
Subtitle: a biography
By: Konrad Hammann ; translated by Philip E. Devenish
Contributors: Devenish, Philip E., translator
Edition: First English edition.
Publisher: Polebridge Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Salem, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 611
ISBN-13: 9781598151183
Subjects: New Testament scholars; Biography; Theologians
Work titles: Rudolf Bultmann
Description: "Rudolf Bultmann was the giant of twentieth-century New Testament scholarship. His pioneering studies in biblical criticism shaped research on the composition of the gospels, and his call for demythologizing biblical language sparked debate among Christian theologians worldwide. This definitive biography now in English for the first time traces his career in Germany through the tumult of two world wars. Through richly drawn connections between events in his life and his theology, Hammann illuminates Bultmann s contributions to biblical historical criticism and the changing role of religion in public life in Europe."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-575) and index.
Table of contents: title: Formative years (1884-1907); title: On the path to academic teaching (1907-1916); title: Professor in Breslau and Giessen (1916-1921); title: Setting off on a theological career (1921-1933); title: Time of testing (1933-1945); title: Time of harvest (1945-ca. 1953); title: Old and new debates (ca. 1947-ca. 1970); title: Finale (ca. 1964-1976).