Beyond bultmann reckoning a new testament theology book

A reprinting of bultmann s 1941 essay, the new testament and mythology, including five responses to it and two responses by bultmann to his critics essays, kerygma and myth is a gold mine of challenging ideas and most excellent quotations on the merits and demerits of biblical christianity. Centre for theology and religious studies 015017000 id 5d9f3d38783c4b279f5c6e60256ff598 old id 3350426 date added to lup 20160404 11. Beyond bultmann reckoning a new testament theology bruce w. As ambitious in scope as it is consistent in method, bultmann s volume asks and provides answers to the big questions. Nielsen book data summary rudolf bultmann s theology of the new testament has stood the test of time. Reckoning a new testament theology baylor press, 2014. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading beyond bultmann. At the very moment modernity was threatening to splinter new testament studies into a myriad of isolated disciplines, bultmann was somehow able to hold history, exegesis, and theology together. Theology of the new testament was, and still is, the definitive theological statement of a high modernist critic. Reflections on bultmann as a theological reader of paul jstor. Thirteen contemporary new testament scholars subject bultmann s theology to a comprehensive new reading.

If we read pauls theology of grace in the light of ancient notions of gift, i believe we can understand in a new way his relationship to judaism, his theology of the christevent and his. Rudolf bultmanns theology of the new testament has stood the test of time. At the very moment modernity was threatening to splinter new testament studies into a myriad of isolated disciplines. He is well known for his demythologizing of the new testament, and was influenced by the existentialism of martin heidegger. Beyond bultmann bruce w longenecker, mikeal c parsons. The essay provoked a heated controversy in germany, but the project of demythologization was not generally recognized in the rest of the world until the 1948 publication of kerygma. Despite disagreements with his execution of the project, rudolf bultmann s. Educated at the universities of tubingen, berlin, and marburg, bultmann taught at the universities of breslau and giessen and. The record was previously connected to the following departments.

Aug 26, 2014 so, i was very delighted to see the recent release of beyond bultmann. Rudolf bultmann s theology of the new testament has stood the test of time. Rudolf karl bultmann 1884 1976 was a german lutheran theologian. Reading report assignments 1 tommy doughty 2 andrew hollingsworth 3 andrew bailey 4 luis munoz bueno 5 salu daniel 6 tommy magers 7 fabio castellanos 8 josh peeler. The german theologian rudolf bultmann argues in his 1941 new testament and mythology that it is no longer plausible to demand that christians accept the mythical world picture of the new testament. Beyond bultmann puts bultmann s classic theology of the new testament to a new test. If you want to win this book, and you know you do, you can enter by 1 leaving a comment saying you want to enter, 2. Theology of the new testament by rudolf karl bultmann. New items added 3 3 to 3 9 2015 published call number. In it bultmann was as relentless in his historical judgments as he was unapologetic in laying bare the new testament s existential claims. The problem with the approach of bultmann as over against that of scblatter, however, is intensified because the marburg theologian collapses chronology. Wissenschaftliche untersuchungen zum neuen testament, 2, 327. His new testament theology is a mine of scholarly treasure, and no pne could browse in his recently published essays without finding himself illuminated both in mind and spirit.

We cannot use electric lights and radios and, in the event of illness, avail ourselves of modern medical and clinical means and at the same time. The history of investigation of its problems theology of the new testament, like other works of bultmann, calls for demythologizing the supernaturalism of the new testament and reinterpreting it existentially according to the kerygma that was timeless to christian faith. Faculty of theology and religion university of oxford. Ive just finished reading an excellent new volume of essays from baylor university press on rudolf bultmanns theology of the new testament entitled beyond bultmann. B49 2014 book tower level 1 362015 epochs in the life of simon peter robertson, a. Despite disagreements with his execution of the project, rudolf bultmanns. My most recent major book is a study pauline theology from the perspective of his theology of grace, called paul and the gift grand rapids.

A prominent critic of liberal theology, bultmann instead argued for an existentialist. Rudolf bultmann, leading 20thcentury new testament scholar known for his program to demythologize the new testamenti. Sep 04, 2014 were very pleased to announce that the good folks at baylor university press are providing a copy of beyond bultmann. Bultmann and the theological interpretation of scripturefrancis watson. This fresh, critical examination of bultmann not only places his magisterial work in a new context but also reveals the enduring features of bultmann s. Reckoning a new testament theology kindle edition by longenecker, bruce w. Parsons, thus comes as a breath of fresh air into a longstale, mostly repetitive conversation. Rudolf bultmann theology of the new testament, vol. Fewer and fewer new testament scholars seek to present a coherent account of the nt compositions that is simultaneously attentive to exegesis, history, hermeneutics, and the theological claims made by these texts. He was one of the major figures of early20thcentury biblical studies. Theology of the new testament by rudolf bultmann, paperback.

Editors baylor university press contents editors preface vii part i bultmann by the book 1. The project of new testament theology hereafter ntt, i think it is fair to suggest, has had its heyday. A handbook on the greek text baylor handbook on the greek new testament culy, martin m. Bultmann is not only a firstclass new testament scholar, to whom all specialists are indebted, but also an original and stimulating systematic theologian. Most students get their first taste of bultmann in the sphere of new testament studies, either at first hand through his commentaries or historical work on the new testament back.