Von Reimarus zu Wrede

Albert Schweitzer • 1985 • J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)

Author: Albert Schweitzer
First published: 1985
Publisher: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Genres: Biography · History
Subjects: Biography · History and criticism · Historicity
ISBN: 9780837051857

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This work by Albert Schweitzer serves as a foundational text in the critical study of history and biography, offering a scholarly examination of its subject's intellectual development. Collectors and researchers prize this volume for the author’s rigorous analytical approach to the intersection of historical criticism and historical truth.

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Originally published in 1906 under the title 'Geschichte der Leben-Jesu-Forschung', this foundational work by Albert Schweitzer serves as a rigorous historical analysis of the quest for the historical Jesus. The 1985 J.C.B. Mohr edition functions as a scholarly reprint of this monumental text, which traces the theological evolution from Hermann Samuel Reimarus to William Wrede. Schweitzer wrote this study to expose the subjectivity inherent in 19th-century liberal theology, arguing that earlier scholars frequently projected their own modern ideals onto the person of Jesus.

The intellectual framework of the book is characterized by Schweitzer’s 'thoroughgoing eschatology,' a perspective that positioned Jesus as a strictly apocalyptic figure whose worldview was inextricably tied to his own historical moment. By systematically dismantling the rationalist attempts to sanitize the Gospels, Schweitzer shifted the trajectory of biblical criticism for the entire 20th century. While initially provocative for its stark rejection of contemporary theological comfort, the work eventually became a canonical resource for historians and philosophers alike, valued for its exhaustive historiographical precision.

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