Ernst Käsemann on why the gospels are ahistorical and unauthentic (August 3, 2018)

Ernst Käsemann argues that all four gospels are almost entirely ahistorical and unauthentic! It's a shocking conclusion, supported with a sound argument. It's shocking because are are obsessed with historical events, as if history may only be known through verifiable brute facts. The New Testament was not formed in the same […]

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Karl Barth against the Quest of the Historical Jesus (December 17, 2014)

Composite of Jesus portraits (source: wikipedia) The Quest for the Historical Jesus that has captivated the world for the past two centuries and, perhaps, was at its pinnacle after the publication in 1906 of Albert Schweitzer's Quest of the Historical Jesus and is still going strong as evidenced by famous publications such as N.T. Wright's Jesus and the […]

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Friedrich Schleiermacher’s The Life of Jesus (May 30, 2012)

Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is arguably the most famous and influential Liberal Protestant Theologian, and the influence of his Systematic Theology Christian Faith cannot be understated. Schleiermacher's On Religion was a wild success and is still read in many universities as an excellent introduction to his ideas, which was birthed out of […]

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