Geschichte des Urchristenthums

This three-volume work of 1838 recounts the history of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus by using primary sources.

August Friedrich Gfrörer (Author)

9781108053686, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 August 2012

428 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg

A keen student of theology, August Friedrich Gfrörer (1803–61) became professor of history at the University of Freiburg and also sat as a representative in the Frankfurt parliament, agitating for the reunification of Protestantism and Catholicism. This three-volume work, published in 1838, may be regarded as marking the modern period in the Christian study of Judaism. Gfrörer was the first scholar who attempted to recount the history of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus by using primary source material and without pursuing an obvious apologetic or polemic agenda. More than 2,000 pages in length, the work is a formidable scholarly achievement of lasting value in the field of religious studies. Volume 3 is dedicated to an exploration of the Gospel of John. According to Gfrörer, the dogma of God's transcendence is fundamental to both Judaism and Christianity, as told in the Gospel of John.

1. Der Gottessohn
2. Des Menschen Sohn
3. Die Wunder Jesu und die Reden
4. Die Aechtheit des vierten Evangeliums
5. Die Kirche.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]