Myth in the New Testament

by Ian Henderson

Publisher:

SCM Press

, 1952

Overview

Investigate the “demythologization” controversy that rocked the theological world in the middle of the twentieth century. In 1941, Rudolph Bultman proposed that historic and theological claims in Scripture should be separated. According to Bultmann and others, the New Testament writers held to certain supernatural beliefs that were no longer plausible. In this monograph, Ian Henderson presents the contours of Bultmann’s argument and his detractors’ rebuttals. He avoids taking a position, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.

Product Details

• Title: Myth in the New Testament
• Author: Ian Henderson
• Series: Studies in Biblical Theology
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Print Publication Date: 1952
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 57
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Theology; Mythology; Existentialism
• Resource ID: LLS:SCMMYTHNWTSTMNT
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biblical-theology
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-08-29T20:19:09Z

About Ian Henderson

Ian Henderson is associate professor of New Testament at McGill University in Montreal Canada. He specializes in Hellenistic rhetoric and poetics and synoptic literary criticism.