Forgetting the power of leaven: The historical method in recent New Testament theology

Ernst Troeltsch and Heikki Räisänen have raised significant challenges to the way New Testament theology handles the relation of history and theology. Troeltsch pushed Christian scholars to apply the historical method's three principles of criticism, analogy and correlation consistently to thei...

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Main Author: Heringer, Seth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-104
Further subjects:B Theology
B Methodology
B historical method
B New Testament Theology
B History
B Ernst Troeltsch
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