The New Testament
A Historical and Theological Introduction
Chapter
6. The 鈥淗istorical鈥 Jesus
Questions for Review
- What role did the Enlightenment play in the search for the historical Jesus?
- What is the difference between the following two phrases: 鈥渉istorical Jesus鈥 and 鈥淛esus of history鈥?
- Briefly describe the impact that Reimarus had on the study of the historical Jesus. What about Strauss, Renan, and Wrede?
- In what way does Schweitzer interpret the historical Jesus? How successful is his reconstruction?
- What did the early questers mean by 鈥渉istorical鈥?
- How did Bultmann criticize the early quest for the historical Jesus? What did he suggest instead?
- How can the 鈥渘ew quest鈥 for the historical Jesus be differentiated from the early quest?
- How does the 鈥渢hird quest鈥 differ from the first two?
- What contributions has the Jesus Seminar made to the study of the historical Jesus?
- What role did the resurrection of Jesus play regarding the christology of the earliest followers of Jesus?