From Tradition to Gospel by Martin Dibelius ISBN 9780227906590, 0227906594, B0C4LSSRHC instant download

From Tradition to Gospel by Martin Dibelius ISBN 9780227906590, 0227906594, B0C4LSSRHC instant download

The method of Formgeschichte seeks to help in answering the historical questions as to the nature and trustworthiness of our knowledge of Jesus, and also in solving a theological problem properly so-called. It shows in what way the earliest testimony about Jesus was interwoven with the earliest testimony about the salvation which had appeared in Jesus Christ. Thereby it attempts to emphasise and illuminate the chief elements of the message upon which Christianity was founded." From the Author's Preface Ably translated by Bertram Lee-Woolf, this is the classic exposition of the German school of theology known as Formgeschichte or "the criticism of literary form", which through literary and historical analysis seeks to understand the origins of the traditions of the New Testament, and in so doing bring to light the original intentions and interests of those earliest traditions.

Fascinating, with its extraordinarily able analysis of folk-stories in general and of the Gospel material in particular ... we rejoice to have accessible in English so brilliantly written a work.Living ChurchThe best introduction to form criticism.Frederick C. Grant --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

After originally specialising in Semitic philology, Martin Dibelius (1883-1947) was appointed Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Criticism at the University of Heidelberg in 1915. He combined this with practical concerns within the Church; he was a member of the 1927 World Conference on Faith and Order at Lausanne, and served as Vice-Chairman of the Theological Committee of the Universal Christian Council for Life and Work. His scholarship was dominated by a focus on the ethical statements found in the New Testament and other early Christian writings. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.