Comparing J. Gresham Machen and Rudolf Bultmann: Reflections upon the Marburg Experience, 1905–06
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William D. Dennison
Abstract
Some scholars have speculated whether the conservative New Testament Calvinistic scholar, Machen and the New Testament critical scholar, Bultmann attended Marburg University at the same time. We now know that they did. They even attended two courses together which were taught respectively by Weiss and Jülicher. Although these men were strong opposites with respect to the environment in which they were raised as well as their theological presuppositions and conclusions, they both enjoyed the engaging environment of Marburg as students. Mainly using personal letters, we learn that a comparison of these two young students goes further than their theological and biblical interests. Both had encyclopedic academic interests which carried over into a fascinating interdisciplinary way of life.
© Walter de Gruyter 2009
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- Schleiermacher and Ritschl on Individual and Social Sin
- Dogmatik als historische Disziplin
- Theological Responses in England to the South African War, 1899–1902
- Jesus Christ as Poetic Symbol: Wilhelm Bousset's Contribution to the Faith-History Debate
- Comparing J. Gresham Machen and Rudolf Bultmann: Reflections upon the Marburg Experience, 1905–06
- Rudolf Bultmann's Review of J. Gresham Machen's, The Origin of Paul's Religion
- J. Gresham Machen's Letters Home from Marburg, 1905–1906
- Otto Baumgartens Predigt zur Trauung von Max und Marianne Weber
- Reviews/Rezensionen
- Contributors to this Volume / Mitarbeiter dieses Jahrgangs
