Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
10-13-2017
Publication Title
Myth, History, and the Resurrection in German Protestant Theology
First Page
41
Last Page
71
Additional Publication URL
https://wipfandstock.com/myth-history-and-the-resurrection-in-german-protestant-theology.html
Abstract
The Christian faith stands or falls with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. While that assertion itself is perhaps uncontroversial, precisely what this confession means has been a subject of profound significance and immense controversy for centuries. Central to this discussion is the role of myth and history in the biblical witness and in the church’s theological engagement with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. This book traces key trajectories of German Protestant discussions of myth, history, and the resurrection from its earliest critical analysis in the work of Hermann Samuel Reimarus and David Friedrich Strauss to contemporary appraisals by Eberhard Jüngel and Ingolf Ulrich Dalferth. At the center of this discussion stands Rudolf Bultmann, whose work on the resurrection sparked fierce debates that left a lasting impact on Protestant theology in Germany and beyond. The questions raised by these theologians continue to resonate in contemporary discussions of the nature and status of biblical texts, the integrity and truth of the Christian confession, and the meaning and significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for Christian faith and life at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Rights
This chapter (chapter 3) was archived with permission from Wipf and Stock Publishers, all rights reserved. Document also available from the publisher.
Recommended Citation
Hege, Brent, "Rudolf Bultmann on Myth, History, and the Resurrection" Myth, History, and the Resurrection in German Protestant Theology / (2017): 41-71.
Available at https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/990