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Participated Eternity in the Vision of God. By Carl J. Peter. Classical and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Religion. Edited by John Hick. Contemporary French Philosophy: A study in Norms and Values. By Colin Smith The Prophets and the Law. By Joseph Rhymer. A New Testament History. Floyd V. Filson. Studies of the Historical Jesus. By Ernst Fuchs. Paulus Orosius: The Seven Books of History against the Pagans. Translated by Roy J. Deferrai. Peter the Venerable and Islam. By James Kritzeck. The Cardinal of Africa. By José De Arteche. Witness in Six Continents. Edited by Ronald K. Orchard. The Nature and Use of prayer. By Maurice Nédoncelle. A New Introduction to Moral Theology. By Herbert Waddams. Christianity versus Violence. By Stanley William Robert Miller. The Paradox of Scottish Culture. The Eighteenth Century Experience. By David Daiches. Bernanos. By Peter Hebblethwaite, S.J. Science and Modern Writing. By Allan Rodway.

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Journal Article REVIEWS Get access Studies of the Historical Jesus. By ERNST FUCHS. Translated by A. SCOBIE Pp. 240. (Studies in Biblical Theology, no. 42.) London: S.C.M. Press, 1964. 21s. L. A. GARRARD L. A. GARRARD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume XVI, Issue 2, October 1965, Pages 577-b–577, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/XVI.2.577-b Published: 01 October 1965

Book Review: The Praying Christ: A Study of Jesus' Doctrine and Practice of Prayer

Book Review: The Praying Christ: A Study of Jesus' Doctrine and Practice of Prayer

Book Review: Jesus Compared: A Study of Jesus and Other Great Founders of Religion

Book Review: Jesus Compared: A Study of Jesus and Other Great Founders of Religion

An Analytical Approach to the Study of Jesus

N the wake of the naturalistic world-view emerging from advances in the physical sciences-and popularized by the Deists in the eighteenth century-there developed a new spirit and new methods of inquiry in historical investigation. In time these new approaches were applied to the study of Jesus, and by the mid-nineteenth century scholars generally were regarding the New Testament as a purely human document, literary sources were being rigorously scrutinized, the miracle stories had been thoroughly rationalized or treated as myths, and even the historical existence of Jesus himself had been questioned. In the latter half of the century many lives of Jesus appeared in which the scholarly findings were taken into account in one way or another.

Mark's Understanding of History

A century of intense research on Mark has largely failed to reach generally accepted conclusions either as to the theology of Mark, or as to the degree of legitimacy and the methodology of using Mark as a source for discussing Jesus. This confusion in Marcan research is due in large measure to a failure to reach clarity as to Mark's understanding of history, a problem which should logically have been resolved before any attempt was made to use Mark as a historical source for the study of Jesus. The nineteenth century, reaching its climax in H. J. Holtzmann, assumed that since Mark was the earliest gospel it was most historical, i.e. that Mark wrote history with much the same presuppositions as did the modern historian. History consists in the interaction of human wills and actions, and is to be explained by locating the causal connexions in the intentions and actions of men. For example, Mark 6.14–29 records the beheading of John by Herod; the next paragraph records Jesus withdrawing to privacy for rest with the disciples. Mark was assumed to mean—although remarkably enough he in no word hinted it—that one event followed chronologically upon the other and was caused by the other.

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus, Exposition and Criticism.

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus, Exposition and Criticism.

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

Back to table of contents Previous article ArticleNo AccessThe Psychiatric Study of JesusCHARLES D. YOHECHARLES D. YOHESearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.11.880-aAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "The Psychiatric Study of Jesus." American Journal of Psychiatry, 105(11), pp. 880-a–880 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByNone Volume 105Issue 11 May 1949Pages 880-a-880 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 May 1949

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus. Exposition and Criticism

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus. Exposition and Criticism

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus, by Albert Schweitzer. Translated by Charles R. Joy, with a Foreword by Winfred Overholser, M.D. 81 pp. Boston, The Beacon Press, 1948. $2.00

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus, by Albert Schweitzer. Translated by Charles R. Joy, with a Foreword by Winfred Overholser, M.D. 81 pp. Boston, The Beacon Press, 1948. $2.00

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus. Exposition and Criticism.Albert Schweitzer

Previous articleNext article No AccessNew Biological BooksThe Psychiatric Study of Jesus. Exposition and Criticism. Albert SchweitzerBentley GlassBentley Glass Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 23, Number 4Dec., 1948 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/396778 Views: 2Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Book Review: The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

Book Review: The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

Book Review: The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

Book Review: The Psychiatric Study of Jesus

Book Review: A Study of Jesus’ Own Religion

Book Review: A Study of Jesus’ Own Religion

Studies of Jesus for the LaymanPortrait of a Carpenter. Winifred KirklandAs a Jew Sees Jesus. Ernest R. Trattner

Previous articleNext article No AccessCritical ReviewsStudies of Jesus for the Layman . Winifred Kirkland Portrait of a Carpenter. Winifred Kirkland As a Jew Sees Jesus. Ernest R. Trattner Ernest Cadman ColwellErnest Cadman Colwell Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Religion Volume 12, Number 2Apr., 1932 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/481167 Views: 3Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

From Locke to Reitzenstein: the Historical Investigation of the Origins of Christianity

The historical investigation of the origins of Christianity began with the English deists, who, being philosophers and not professional historians, were for that very reason able to give the first forward impulse to the historical study of Jesus and of primitive Christianity. No purely historical interest could have induced Christian Europe to apply criticism to its sacred books, the facts of salvation, and the divine person of the Saviour. A new and philosophic conception of religion was required, directly opposed to the older view, if any serious effort was to be made to find in the writings of the New Testament and in the earliest Christian history the evidence for critically tested historical statements, and if these writings were to be read and the history studied from any other point of view than that of traditional dogmatism, Protestant or Catholic.

Is Christianity a Moral Code or a Religion?

The answer to this question comes with great readiness from a host of those who tell us that the meaning of Christianity is summed up in a code of ethical principles. The endless strife of theological tongues has led weary souls to take refuge in the apparent simplicity of the moral law; the stress of the modern social problem has prompted others to fix their exclusive attention upon the Christian rule of conduct as offering the final solution. And so we hear from all sides the many voices that unite in the swelling chorus, whose burden is the lofty ethical precepts of the Sermon on the Mount or the noble utterances of the Hebrew prophets as the sum and substance of all essential Christianity: “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them”; “Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with thy God,”—Christianity means this and nothing more.The assertion of an essentially moral Christianity comes to us backed with the authority of high scholarship. In the Hibbert Journal of October, 1908, in an article entitled “How may Christianity be Defended Today?” Professor McGiffert tells us that “to promote the reign of sympathy and service among men was the controlling purpose of Christ Himself,” that “modern study of Jesus has made this very clear, and we are recognizing with a unanimity never reached in other days that it was for this Jesus labored and for this He summoned men to follow Him.” The fact that this article, in spite of its confused reasoning and its inconclusiveness, is said to have been translated into several foreign languages, proves the strong hold which the moral interpretation of Christianity has obtained.It is the purpose of the following pages to examine this view. We ask: What do the records teach? Do they permit the interpretation of Christianity as a set of moral laws? or do they imply something else, the religious or spiritual?