Ferdinand Christian Baur and the History of Early Christianity

by Bauspiess, Martin; Landmesser, Christof; Lincicum, David; Hodgson, Peter C.; Brown, Robert F.

• ISBN13: 9780198798415
• ISBN10: 0198798415
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Martin Bauspiess is in the Department of New Testament Studies at the University of Tubingen.

Christof Landmesser is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Tubingen.

David Lincicum is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Peter C. Hodsgon is Emeritus Professor of Theology, Divinity School, Vanderbilt University.

Robert F. Brown is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Religion and History of Philosophy, University of Delaware.

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the German Edition
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Part I: Connections and Demarcations
1. Ferdinand Christian Baur and David Friedrich Strauss, Ulrich Kopf
2. Ethical Judgment and Ecclesiastical Self-Understanding: Ferdinand Christian Baur's Interpretation of the Protestant Principle in the Controversy with Johann Adam Mohler, Notger Slenczka
3. Ferdinand Christian Baur: A Historically Informed Idealist of a Distinctive Kind, Martin Wendte
Part II: Historical and Exegetical Perspectives
4. Ferdinand Christian Baur and the Theological Task of New Testament Introduction, David Lincicum
5. Baur and the Creation of the Judaism-Hellenism Dichotomy, Anders Gerdmar
6. Ferdinand Christian Baur's View of Christian Gnosis, and of the Philosophy of Religion in His Own Day, Volker Henning Drecoll
7. Ferdinand Christian Baur as an Interpreter of Paul: History, the Absolute, and Freedom, Christof Landmesser
8. The Essence of Early Christianity: On Ferdinand Christian Baur's View of the Synoptic Gospels, Martin Bauspiess
9. Ferdinand Christian Baur and the Interpretation of John, Jorg Frey
10. F. C. Baur's New Testament Theology, Robert Morgan
11. Belief in Miracles as the Gateway to Atheism: Theological-Historical Remarks about Ferdinand Christian Baur's Critique of Miracles, Stefan Alkier
12. The Absoluteness of Christianity and the Relativity of All History: Two Strands in Ferdinand Christian Baur's Thought, Johannes Zachhuber
Part III: Influences
13. The Reception of Baur in Britain, James Carleton Paget
14. The Similarity of the Two Masters: Ferdinand Christian Baur and Adolf von Harnack, Daniel Geese
15. Ferdinand Christian Baur and Practical Theology, Birgit Weyel
Bibliography of WORKS BY AND ABOUT BAUR
Index of Biblical and Ancient References
General Index