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Rudolf Karl Bultmann ( German: [ˈbʊltman]; 20 August 1884 – 30 July 1976) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg. He was one of the major figures of early 20th-century biblical studies. A prominent critic of liberal theology, Bultmann instead argued for an existentialist ...
Rudolf Bultmann, leading 20th-century New Testament scholar known for his program to ‘demythologize’ the New Testament—that is, to interpret, according to the concepts of existentialist philosophy, the essential message of the New Testament that was expressed in mythical terms.
Rudolf Karl Bultmann (August 20, 1884 – July 30, 1976) was a German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades a professor of New Testament studies at the University of Marburg. He was one of the founders of form criticism and the primary exponent of demythologization, the process of distinguishing the essence of the ...
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More than seventy years after Rudolf Bultmann delivered his famous lecture on the topic of “New Testament and Mythology” in 1941—initially on April 21 in Frankfurt am Main and again on June 4 in Alpirsbach—the program of demythologizing is still widely misunderstood, perhaps more so now than ever.
- David W. Congdon
- 2017
Rudolf Bultmann, (born Aug. 20, 1884, Wiefelstede, Ger.—died July 30, 1976, Marburg, W.Ger.), German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar. The son of a Lutheran pastor, he studied at the University of Tübingen and later taught many years at Marburg (1921–51). He established his reputation with his analysis of the Gospels in ...
Rudolf Bultmann is one of the most influential theologians and biblical scholars of the twentieth century. Known for his erudite contributions to both disciplines, he synthesized his wide-ranging efforts into a unified and provocative theological vision.
As a pioneer of form criticism of the Gospels, popularizer of the results of the history of religions school, interpreter of Paul’s theology, writer of the most significant twentieth-century NT theology and commentary on the Fourth Gospel, not to mention his explicitly theological contributions, there is no doubt that Bultmann casts a long shado...
