Bibelrezeption in der Aufklarung
by Christoph Bultmann
Paperback (Published)
(December 2012)
ISBN: 9783161519680
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English summary: The reception history of the Bible is increasingly acknowledged to be an important aspect of 18th century intellectual developments. Controversies about the Bible and its relation to philosophical concepts of natural religion must be regarded as one of the defining features of the Enlightenment. While in the context of Enlightenment culture traditional Christian apologetics encountered a crisis, the historical investigation of biblical texts and traditions aroused new interest. Emphasis on the rational character of religion became a challenge to the authority of the historically contingent biblical texts. In this collection of essays, Christoph Bultmann compiles case studies related to authors such as Robert Lowth, Johann Gottfried Herder, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Alexander Geddes as well as some lesser known figures in whose writings the spirit of the cultural context for the interpretation of the Bible can be captured. German description: Vonseiten der Ideengeschichte ist Bewegung in die Erforschung der Aufklarung gekommen. Die Epoche, in der traditionelle Motive der christlichen Apologetik bestritten und historische Forschungen zu den biblischen Schriften befordert wurden, stosst auf neues Interesse, weil hier eine Verflechtung verschiedener kultureller Faktoren in intensiv gefuhrten Debatten analysiert werden kann. Fur die Rezeption der Bibel ist das Spannungsverhaltnis zum religionsphilosophischen Konzept der naturlichen Religion von besonderem Gewicht, denn die historisch kontingenten, kulturell divergenten Schriften der Bibel liessen sich nicht einfach dem Anspruch allgemeiner Vernunftigkeit unterwerfen. Christoph Bultmann untersucht in den vorliegenden Studien, wie das Verstandnis der Bibel bei Autoren wie Robert Lowth und Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Joachim Spalding und Gotthold Ephraim Lessing durch den kulturellen Kontext im 18. Jahrhundert gepragt wurde.
Christoph Bultmann, Geboren 1961; 1990 Promotion; 1997 Habilitation; 1999/2000 Visiting Fellow am Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; seit 2001 Professor fur Bibelwissenschaft am Martin-Luther-Institut der Universitat Erfurt.
- By (author) Christoph Bultmann
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