Demystifying the Program of Demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann's Theological Hermeneutics
More than seventy years after Rudolf Bultmann delivered his famous lecture on the topic of New Testament and Mythology in 1941initially on April 21 in Frankfurt am Main and again on June 4 in Alpirsbachthe program of demythologizing is still widely misunderstood, perhaps more so now than ever. E...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2017, Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bultmann, Rudolf 1884-1976
/ New Testament
/ Demythologizing
/ Myth
/ Science
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science HC New Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
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| Summary: | More than seventy years after Rudolf Bultmann delivered his famous lecture on the topic of New Testament and Mythology in 1941initially on April 21 in Frankfurt am Main and again on June 4 in Alpirsbachthe program of demythologizing is still widely misunderstood, perhaps more so now than ever. Erroneous views have gradually accreted around Bultmann's original hermeneutic, so that now what is generally criticized under the name of demythologizing bears little resemblance to the intended program. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816016000365 |