Life of Jesus Critically Examined, The by David Friedrich Strauss (1808 - 1874) • 093 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §93 Cases of the expulsion of demons by Jesus, considered singly. • Listen on Fountain
093 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §93 Cases of the expulsion of demons by Jesus, considered singly.
093 - Part 2 - History of the Public Life of Jesus Chapter 9 - Miracles of Jesus §93 Cases of the expulsion of demons by Jesus, considered singly.
Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing 'Quest of the Historical Jesus' movement, and his Life of Jesus is one of the few landmarks in the field. The first edition of Strauss' book was published in Germany in 1835, when he was only 27 years old. He focused his attention on battling two theological fronts which were current at the time - the biblical Literalists who believed the miracles in the Gospels were to be taken as literal history, and the Rationalists, who believed that the Gospel miracles were true but could be explained by natural and rational causes. Strauss rejected...