RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Apocalypse
10 Apr 2019
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It served the function of founding the churchcomparison to shakespeare"s sonnets; we cant know something about the personal life of shakespeare from his sonet"s. for strauss, we cant know something about personal life of jesus from gospels. From alsace, had 3 doctorates: theology, musicology, medicine founder of the ecological movement. Did a history of historical jesus research from reimarus till him (1906). Idea: everyone reconstructs jesus for what they hope he was. Metaphor of the well, look down to see jesus, see a bit of own reflection. Schweitzer argues that there was progress in the knowledge of jesus. His identity was mythological and presented himself as mythological. Everyone in ancient was mythological, society embedded in myth. Not a problem of the nature of sources. Jews were distinct from the rest, because they were all thought they were like fortuntellers or. Some jews thought god"s sovereignty was am independent jewish state. Ethymoology of fanatical --; fanum --; temple\devotion to one sanctuary.
