Quest for the historical Jesus
A Benefit or Detriment to the Church? First Quest 17781906 The Questioning of Established Authorities Herman Samuel Reimarus
The Aims of Jesusand His Disciples(1778) Jesus was politicalmessiah whosedisciples changedhis message to oneof eternal salvation David friedrich strauss
The Life of JesusCritically Examined(1835) Jesus was a personwho symbolizeddivine-human unity Evangelists shapedhis story in the moldof the Old Testamentprophets Ernst Renan Life of Jesus (1862) Teacher of Love Miracle Worker
Tragic Martyr Albert Schweitzer Quest for the Historical Jesus (1906)
Eschatological andApocalyptic Jesus Tried to bring in theKingdom of God Period of no quest 1906 1953 Encountering Jesus without History Karl Barth Historically we know that Jesus lived and died
Focus on Theology Rudolf Bultmann Existential encounter Second Quest 19531970 Dont Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater Ernst Kasemann The Problem of the Historical Jesus
Dont lose allconnection to history Employ betterprinciples Third Quest 1980-Present Jewish Jesus
Jesus Seminar - Robert Funk, John DominicCrossan Orthodox Scholars - Ben Witherington, E. P.Sanders McKnight and his respondents
creating Jesus in our own image Bad criteria Stance is over and against the Bible Bock, Keener, Wright Better criteria Engaged in culture Context for faith