Lectures on New Testament Theology: By Ferdinand Christian Baur

by Peter C. Hodgson

Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860), one of the great innovators in the study of the New Testament, argued that each of its books reflects the interests and tendencies of its author in a particular religio-historical milieu. A critique of the writings must precede any judgments about the historical validity of individual stories about Jesus in the Gospels. Thus Baur could move beyond the impasse created by Strauss's Life of Jesus. Baur demonstrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198754175
• ISBN13: 9780198754176
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"