Nathanaél
Subtitle: Johann Caspar Lavater im poetischen Gespräch mit Goethe über das wahre Christentum
By: Daniela Kohler (Hg.).
Contributors: Kohler, Daniela, editor
Publisher: TVZ, Theologischer Verlag Zürich
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Zürich
Language: ger
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9783290178567
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Apologetics; Christianity; Essence, genius, nature; Religion
Description: The work Nathanaél published in 1786 by the Zurich theologian and writer Johann Caspar Lavater marks the end of the friendship between Lavater and Goethe. Daniela Kohler not only publishes the work for the first time, but also draws a detailed introduction to the religious controversy between Lavater and Goethe. Goethe admired Lavater for his empathy and charism, but responded to Lavater's writings with keen polemics against Christianity. Daniela Kohler, by means of Lavater's theological and literary development, reveals that Zurich's friend Goethe did not have any reason to think and argue about the Christian religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-339) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Wissenschaftlicher Kommentar. Einleitung ; Lavaters Christologie im Kontext der Theologie seiner Zeit ; Lavaters biblische Dichtungen ; Goethes Bedeutung für Nathanaél ; Aspekte der Interpretation ; 'Nathanaelischer' Wahrheitssinn und die Rezeption von Nathanaél im Kontext von Empfindsamkeit, Enthusiasmus und Schwärmerei; title: Editorische Hinweise; title: Nathanaél : Oder, die ebenso gewisse, als unerweisliche Wahrheit des Christenthums.