Ferdinand Christian Baur: A Reader

by David Lincicum; Johannes Zachhuber

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2022

Overview

This reader of texts from the influential 19th-century theologian Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) brings together a selection of texts in English translation from across Baur’s wide range of exegetical, historical, philosophical and theological expertise. In these excerpts, including many translated for the first time, readers gain a comprehensive overview of Baur’s output and his remarkable role in the shaping of modern scholarly discourse in his fields.

Beginning with a full scholarly introduction, and extensively annotated texts, readers are introduced to Baur’s bold and controversial historical hypotheses and encounter the variety of intellectual and stylistic registers he used, from the purely scholarly to the sharply polemical. The editors also explore the ways in which Baur was instrumental in some of the most fundamental intellectual paradigm shifts of the 19th-century, including the radical historicization of Christian theology and its interaction with Schelling, Hegel, and the German Idealist tradition.

Key Features

• Offers an extensive overview of Baur’s role in shaping of modern scholarly discourse in his fields
• Explores Baur’s influence in most of the 19th century’s fundamental intellectual paradigm shifts
• Examines a selection of texts in English translation from Baur’s wide range of exegetical, historical, philosophical and theological expertise

Contents

Part I: Philosophy of Religion

• Mythology, History, and the Philosophy of Religion
• Gnosis as Christian Philosophy of Religion
• On the Idea of a Philosophy of Religion

Part II: History of Dogma

• Introduction to the History of Dogma
• On the Doctrine of Reconciliation in its Historical Development
• On the History of Trinitarian and Christological Doctrine

Part III: New Testament Criticism

• Prolegomena to New Testament Studies
• Critical Gospel Studies
• Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ: His Life and Works

Part IV: Church History

• On the History of Ecclesiastical Historiography
• Christianity in its First Three Centuries

Part V: Baur in the Controversies of his Time

• Baur on Baur and his School
• On Protestantism and Catholicism
• In Defence of Critical Exegesis

Product Details

• Title: Ferdinand Christian Baur: A Reader
• Authors: David Lincicum, Johannes Zachhuber
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 257
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9780567694485, 9780567694492, 9780567694515, 0567694488, 0567694496, 0567694518
• Resource ID: LLS:FRDNNDCHRSTNRDR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-13T02:09:28Z