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The Quest of the Historical Jesus
by Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Translated by William Montgomery
In this book, Schweitzer traces the historical progress of 'Historical Jesus' research, from Hermann Reimarus in the mid 18th century, to William Wrede at the turn of the 20th. Schweitzer showed how Jesus' image had changed with the times and with the personal proclivities of the various authors. He concluded with his own synopsis and interpretation of what had been learned over the course of the previous century. He took the position that the life of Jesus must be interpreted in the light of Jesus' own convictions, which he characterized as those of late Jewish eschatology. (Introduction from Wikipedia, modified by JoeD)
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- 00 - Preface, by F.C. Burkitt – 00:08:28
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[ogg vorbis - 4.1MB] - 01 - Chapter 1, Part 1 - The Problem – 00:17:07
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[ogg vorbis - 9.5MB] - 02 - Chapter 1, Part 2 - The Problem – 00:22:45
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[ogg vorbis - 11.8MB] - 03 - Chapter 2, Part 1 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus – 00:18:46
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[ogg vorbis - 10.5MB] - 04 - Chapter 2, Part 2 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus – 00:27:48
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[ogg vorbis - 15.5MB] - 05 - Chapter 3, Part 1 - The Lives of Jesus of the Earlier Rationalism – 00:15:39
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[ogg vorbis - 8.6MB] - 06 - Chapter 3, Part 2 - The Lives of Jesus of the Earlier Rationalism – 00:20:21
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[ogg vorbis - 11.3MB] - 07 - Chapter 4, Part 1 - The Earliest Fictitious Lives of Jesus – 00:20:34
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[ogg vorbis - 11.6MB] - 08 - Chapter 4, Part 2 - The Earliest Fictitious Lives of Jesus – 00:12:43
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[ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] - 09 - Chapter 5 - Fully Developed Rationalism - Paulus – 00:31:04
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[ogg vorbis - 16.9MB] - 10 - Chapter 6, Part 1 - The Last Phase of Rationalism - Hase and Schleiermacher – 00:14:23
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[ogg vorbis - 7.9MB] - 11 - Chapter 6, Part 2 - The Last Phase of Rationalism - Hase and Schleiermacher – 00:19:23
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[ogg vorbis - 10.8MB] - 12 - Chapter 7 - David Friedrich Strauss - The Man and His Fate – 00:28:50
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[ogg vorbis - 16.0MB] - 13 - Chapter 8, Part 1 - Strauss's First 'Life of Jesus' – 00:28:24
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[ogg vorbis - 15.9MB] - 14 - Chapter 8, Part 2 - Strauss's First 'Life of Jesus' – 00:31:59
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[ogg vorbis - 17.9MB] - 15 - Chapter 9, Part 1 - Strauss's Opponents and Supporters – 00:31:37
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[ogg vorbis - 17.6MB] - 16 - Chapter 9, Part 2 - Strauss's Opponents and Supporters – 00:36:20
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[ogg vorbis - 20.3MB] - 17 - Chapter 10, Part 1 - The Marcan Hypothesis – 00:21:40
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[ogg vorbis - 12.3MB] - 18 - Chapter 10, Part 2 - The Marcan Hypothesis – 00:27:42
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[ogg vorbis - 15.6MB] - 19 - Chapter 11, Part 1 - Bruno Bauer – 00:27:18
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[ogg vorbis - 15.3MB] - 20 - Chapter 11, Part 2 - Bruno Bauer – 00:28:31
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[ogg vorbis - 16.2MB] - 21 - Chapter 11, Part 3 - Bruno Bauer – 00:21:31
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[ogg vorbis - 12.1MB] - 22 - Chapter 12, Part 1 - Further Imaginative Lives of Jesus – 00:28:22
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[ogg vorbis - 15.6MB] - 23 - Chapter 12, Part 2 - Further Imaginative Lives of Jesus – 00:37:27
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[ogg vorbis - 20.9MB] - 24 - Chapter 13 - Renan – 00:36:32
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[ogg vorbis - 20.7MB] - 25 - Chapter 14, Part 1 - The 'Liberal' Lives of Jesus – 00:36:34
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[ogg vorbis - 20.3MB] - 26 - Chapter 14, Part 2 - The 'Liberal' Lives of Jesus – 00:31:52
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[ogg vorbis - 18.2MB] - 27 - Chapter 14, Part 3 - The 'Liberal' Lives of Jesus – 00:23:07
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[ogg vorbis - 13.3MB] - 28 - Chapter 15, Part 1 - The Eschatological Question – 00:34:11
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[ogg vorbis - 19.7MB] - 29 - Chapter 15, Part 2 - The Eschatological Question – 00:24:48
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[ogg vorbis - 14.2MB] - 30 - Chapter 16, Part 1 - The Struggle Against Eschatology – 00:27:23
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[ogg vorbis - 15.6MB] - 31 - Chapter 16, Part 2 - The Struggle Against Eschatology – 00:38:39
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[ogg vorbis - 22.4MB] - 32 - Chapter 16, Part 3 - The Struggle Against Eschatology – 00:20:14
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[ogg vorbis - 11.5MB] - 33 - Chapter 17, Part 1 - Questions Regarding the Aramaic Language, Rabbinic Parallels, and Buddhistic Influence – 00:37:02
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[ogg vorbis - 21.4MB] - 34 - Chapter 17, Part 2 - Questions Regarding the Aramaic Language, Rabbinic Parallels, and Buddhistic Influence – 00:31:58
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[ogg vorbis - 18.5MB] - 35 - Chapter 18, Part 1 - The Position of the Subject at the Close of the Nineteenth Century – 00:33:07
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[ogg vorbis - 18.8MB] - 36 - Chapter 18, Part 2 - The Position of the Subject at the Close of the Nineteenth Century – 00:43:05
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[ogg vorbis - 24.8MB] - 37 - Chapter 18, Part 3 - The Position of the Subject at the Close of the Nineteenth Century – 00:26:22
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[ogg vorbis - 15.3MB] - 38 - Chapter 19, Part 1 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:35:22
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[ogg vorbis - 20.3MB] - 39 - Chapter 19, Part 2 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:38:55
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[ogg vorbis - 22.7MB] - 40 - Chapter 19, Part 3 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:40:00
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[ogg vorbis - 23.8MB] - 41 - Chapter 19, Part 4 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:29:50
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[ogg vorbis - 17.6MB] - 42 - Chapter 19, Part 5 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:30:25
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[ogg vorbis - 17.4MB] - 43 - Chapter 19, Part 6 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:30:02
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[ogg vorbis - 17.4MB] - 44 - Chapter 19, Part 7 - Thoroughgoing Skepticism and Thoroughgoing Eschatology – 00:31:32
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[ogg vorbis - 18.4MB] - 45 - Chapter 20 - Results – 00:18:02
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Cataloged on November 06, 2010













