David Strauss
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David Friedrich Strauss was a German liberal Protestant theologian and writer who influenced Christian Europe with his portrayal of the "historical Jesus", whose divine nature he explored via myth.
Strauss, c. 1870
Strauss's birthplace in Ludwigsburg
David Friedrich Strauss - Das Leben Jesu - book cover
Strauss c. 1870
Historical Jesus
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The term historical Jesus refers to the life and teachings of Jesus as interpreted through critical historical methods, in contrast to traditionally religious interpretations. It considers the histori
David Strauss
…27 January 1808 – 8 February 1874) was a German liberal Protestant theologian and writer who influenced Christian Europe with his portrayal of the "historical Jesus", whose divine nature he explored via myth. Strauss argued that many Gospel narratives are myths, where "myth" means not mere falsity but the imaginative…
An 11th-century Byzantine manuscript containing the opening of the Gospel of Luke
Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768) studied the historical Jesus
![Albert Schweitzer, whose book coined the phrase Quest [for] the Historical Jesus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-D0116-0041-019%2C_Albert_Schweitzer.jpg/500px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-D0116-0041-019%2C_Albert_Schweitzer.jpg)
Albert Schweitzer, whose book coined the phrase Quest [for] the Historical Jesus
The Pilate Stone from Caesarea Maritima, now at the Israel Museum