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Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 3 —o0o— 100 § 75. The request of the Zebedees. Mark l 0,35 – 45. Matth. 20, 20 – 28. When Mark reports that the sons of Zebedee themselves directly approached the Lord and asked for the seats at his right and left, … Continue reading “§ 75. The request of the Zebedees”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 2 —o0o— 244 Seventh Section. The Message of the Baptist. Matthew 11:2-30. ————— § 45 The Doubt of the Baptist. Matthew 11:6. The account of the message which the Baptist sent to Jesus has neither its home nor the position it deserves in … Continue reading “§ 45. The Doubt of the Baptist”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 2 —o0o— 206 § 44. The Instructional Speech. Matth. 10, 5-42. If Jesus neither called nor ever sent the Twelve, then he did not give them a special speech at their departure. We could therefore be very brief if asked whether Jesus actually … Continue reading “§ 44. The Instructional Speech”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 2 —o0o— 173 Section Six. The Instruction of the Twelve. Matthew 9:35-11:1. ———– § 43. The Election and Sending Out of the Twelve. Matthew 9:35-10:5. 1. The Occasion. Among the many unpleasant tasks that the critic must undertake in this final battle … Continue reading “§ 43. The Election and Sending Out of the Twelve”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 1 —o0o— 265 § 17. The calling of the first four apostles. The account of Matthew. 4: 18—22. With the same words, the same sentence construction as Mark, Matthew also reports the calling of the first four apostles, and like him, he … Continue reading “§ 17. The calling of the first four apostles”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 1 —o0o— 142 Second section. The preparations for Jesus’ public appearance. § 12. The effectiveness of the Baptist. 1. The locality. In those days, as Matthew has already told us, when Jesus lived in Nazareth, John the Baptist appeared and called his people … Continue reading “§ 12. The effectiveness of the Baptist”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 1 —o0o— 128 § 11. Chronological Note. It will be useful to remind those who are simultaneously hard and soft-hearted, and capable of such different emotions that they grant belief to Luke without reason but deny it to Matthew, of the chronology in … Continue reading “§ 11. Chronological Note”
Critique of the Gospel History of the Synoptics by Bruno Bauer Volume 1. Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1841. (machine translated by Neil Godfrey, March 2023) v Preface The point at which we begin the critique of the synoptic Gospels is the following. The traditional hypothesis, according to which the content of the Gospels had its source … Continue reading “Preface and Contents”
I have machine translated all three volumes of Kritik der evangelischen Geschichte der Synoptiker (1841-1842) I expect there will be an occasional error since my powers of focus are limited over 1150 pages and on a few occasions (only a few!) rely on my impressions from skimming the content and checking through Fraktur and Greek … Continue reading “BRUNO BAUER: Critique of the Gospel History – English translation”
Criticism of the Pauline Epistles by B. Bauer Second Section The Origin of the First Corinthians Letter 1851 3 The Introduction. 1: 1-9. If it were really Paul who wrote to his Corinthians, he would not have addressed the church, which he could consider as his own work, with a phrase that points to a … Continue reading “BRUNO BAUER: Criticism of the Pauline Letters – II. Origin of the First Corinthians Letter”
Criticism of the Pauline Epistles by B. Bauer First Section The Origin of the Galatians Epistle 1850 3 Preface We will put an end once and for all to the mistakes and unsuccessful attempts of the apologists, who started from the assumption that it is both possible and necessary to integrate the Pauline letters with … Continue reading “BRUNO BAUER: Criticism of the Pauline Letters – I. Origin of the Galatians Epistle”
345/346 VIII. The Completion of the New Testament Literature. 1. A Great History and a Late Poem. In a series of images, we have seen the fate of the Empire, the nationalities, and the social classes of the first two centuries of our era unfold before us. As diverse as the figures were that moved … Continue reading “BRUNO BAUER: Christ and the Caesars – VIII. The Completion of the New Testament Literature”
276 VI. Hadrian and Christian Gnosis. 1. The Empowered Nero. Among the five emperors who, after the fall of the last Flavian, allowed the Senate free hand in legislation, Hadrian occupies the same position as Nero in the line of Julio-Claudian princes. Those five had risen above the embittered mood with which the first emperors … Continue reading “BRUNO BAUER: Christ and the Caesars – VI. Hadrian and Christian Gnosis”
If you are looking for a serious, easy-to-read and up-to-date study of the question of how the gospels came to be written, what sources their authors used, what their authors were trying to achieve, and for the most part is delivered in conversational style, then you will have found it in Rhetoric and the Synoptic … Continue reading “A Brilliant New Book on Gospel Origins”