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Mr. Widgery has laid English readers under a debt of gratitude by rendering accessible to them Weinel's Jesus im 19. Jahrhundert, which has enjoyed great and well-merited popularity. But this volume is much more than a translation. Mr. Widgery -has freely adapted Weinel's book, and has added much new matter concerning the views of Jesus taken by French, British, American and Italian thinkers. In its present form the book appears to have a threefold aim. It is predominantly historical and gives an account not only of the theories which have been held concerning the historical Jesus, but also of the solutions of contemporary problems which, in the eyes of different thinkers, Jesus would offer. But a more speculative aim is also involved. The authors have their own position to defend, and they work out the implications of this stand-point in connection with different aspects of life for which Jesus has significance. Lastly, a highly practical purpose inspires every paragraph, "the hope that these pages may help, however little, to present Jesus so that he may inspire man with loyalty toward himself." The book challenges comparison with Schweitzer's work Von Reimarus zu Wrede, a transl

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Author

Johnston, G. A.

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

1915

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences