Life of Jesus Critically Examined, The by STRAUSS, David Friedrich

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Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing 'Quest of the Historical Jesus' movement, and his Life of Jesus is one of the few landmarks in the field. The first edition of Strauss' book was published in Germany in 1835, when he was only 27 years old. He focused his attention on battling two theological fronts which were current at the time - the biblical Literalists who believed the miracles in the Gospels were to be taken as literal history, and the Rationalists, who believed that the Gospel miracles were true but could be explained by natural and rational causes. Strauss rejected both camps and, in a historical analysis of the Gospels that was scrupulous and exhaustive, concluded that our knowledge of the Historical Jesus is hopelessly buried under layers of legend and myth. The price that Strauss paid for publication was high – his book scandalized Europe, and cost him his job as Chair of Theology at the University of Zurich, and ultimately his career. Dozens of books, mostly from Ge

  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    000 - Introduction by Professor Otto Pfleiderer, Latin prologue, Preface
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    105 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §104 Jesus curses a barren fig-tree.
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    099 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §99 Cures on the sabbath.
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    100 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §100a Resuscitations of the dead.
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    101 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §100b Resuscitations of the dead.
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    102 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §101 Anecdotes having relation to the sea.
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    103 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §102 The miraculous multiplication of the loves and fishes.
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    104 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §103 Jesus turns water into wine.
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    106 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 10 - The Transfiguration of Jesus, and His Last Journey to Jerusalem §105 The transfiguration of Jesus considered as a miraculous external event.
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    097 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §97 Involuntary cures.
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    107 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 10 - The Transfiguration of Jesus, and His Last Journey to Jerusalem §106 The natural explanation of the narrative in various forms.
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