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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812325903321

Autore

Labron Tim

Titolo

Bultmann unlocked / / Tim Labron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T&T Clark International, 2011

ISBN

0-567-09897-4

1-282-91242-9

9786612912429

0-567-31904-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark theology

Disciplina

230.41092

270.092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Bultmann and the lock -- pt. 3. Bultmann's keys renewed -- pt. 4. Bultmann unlocked.

Sommario/riassunto

The unique character of Rudolf Bultmann's thought has been missed by many traditional studies that cast him in exegetical or hermeneutic frameworks. His methods of source criticism and his concept of 'demythologizing' have led some to reject his thought in toto, others to label him as a subjectivist. Tim Labron steps out of such traditional studies by reading Bultmann as a unique scholar and leading to the keys that unlock the distinct character of Bultmann's thought, namely, John 1,14 and the principle of justification by faith. Bultmann uses them in a parallel function - to burn the traditio