Lectures on New Testament Theology

412 Pages·2016·2.06 MB·English

by  Baur

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LECTURES ON NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
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Lectures on New
Testament Theology
Ferdinand Christian Baur
EDITED BY
PETER C. HODGSON
TRANSLATED BY
ROBERT F. BROWN
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A translation of Vorlesungen über neutestamentliche Theologie
by Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860)
edited by Ferdinand Friedrich Baur
Leipzig: Fues’s Verlag (L. W. Reisland), 1864
Grateful acknowledgment is made to
the University of Tübingen for the reproduction of the
engraving of Baur found on the front jacket. The original is
in the Tübingen Stift.
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Contents
EditorialIntroduction 1
TextandTranslation 1
Baur’sSummaryofHisNewTestamentResearch 4
BaurandStrauss 8
TheSynopticProblem 13
BaurandJudaism 17
AnalyticSummaryoftheLecturesonNewTestamentTheology 24
LECTURESONNEWTESTAMENTTHEOLOGY 61
Introduction:TheConcept,History,andOrganizationofNew
TestamentTheology 63
TheConceptofBiblicalTheology 63
TheHistoryofBiblicalTheologyandNewTestamentTheology 63
TheirDominationbyDogmaticTheologyaftertheReformation 63
TheChallengeofTakingHistorySeriously,andtheInfluenceof
Rationalism 68
NewTestamentCriticismsinceStrauss 77
ThePortrayalofJesus’Teaching 78
ThePortrayaloftheApostles’Teaching 80
TheMostRecentCriticsandCriticalResults 81
TheOrganizationofNewTestamentTheology 89
PartOne: TheTeachingofJesus 94
Introduction 94
TheRelationofJesus’TeachingtotheOldTestamentandtotheLaw 95
TheMoralandReligiousTeachingofJesus 105
Jesus’FundamentalMoralVision:TheBeatitudes 105
Righteousness 108
TheKingdomofGod 111
Jesus’PersonandHisMessianicConsciousness 115
SonofManandSonofGod 116
StatementsaboutJesus’PersonandHisMessianicConsciousness
intheSynopticGospels,inParticularinMatthew 123
Jesus’DeathandResurrection;TheInstitutionofthe
Lord’sSupper 130
TheSecondComingandtheLastJudgment 137
TheFather,theSon,andtheChildrenofGod 142
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PartTwo: TheTeachingoftheApostles 149
FirstPeriod:TheTheologicalFrameworksoftheApostlePaul
andtheBookofRevelation 149
TheTransitionfromtheTeachingofJesustotheTeaching
oftheApostles 149
TheResurrection 152
TheApostlePaul 153
Christianity’sRelationtoJudaism;TheMeaningofJesus’Death 153
RighteousnessastheEssenceofReligion 156
TheImpossibilityofBecomingRighteousbyWorksoftheLaw 157
TheEmpiricalProof 159
TheProoffromReligiousHistory 160
TheAnthropologicalProof:ConceptsoftheHumanBeing 164
TheLawandSin 170
RighteousnessbyFaith 173
TheFactualorJuridicalAspect:Christ’sDeathasSubstitution 176
TheAnthropologicalAspect:Christ’sDeathandtheFlesh 179
TheAspectofReligiousHistory:LawandPromise;Lawand
Freedom 182
ConclusionandSummary;Faith,Love,andWorks 189
FaithandPredestination 195
Christology 198
BaptismintotheBodyofChrist 209
TheLord’sSupper 210
TheSecondComingandEschatology 212
TheTeachingaboutGod 213
TheBookofRevelation 215
TheComingoftheLord,andChrist’sKingdom 216
TheCitizensoftheNewJerusalem 219
ThePersonofChrist:HisMessianicPredicates,HisDeath,and
HisResurrection 221
TheRelationofHumanBeingstoGodandtoChrist 228
God,HeavenlyBeings,andSatan 231
SecondPeriod:TheTheologicalFrameworksofHebrews,The
Deutero-PaulineEpistles,JamesandPeter,TheSynopticGospels
andActs 235
TheEpistletotheHebrews 235
ChristianityandJudaism;ThePrimacyofthePriesthood 235
HowChristianitySupersedesthePriesthoodandtheLawofthe
OldTestament;ChristastheSon 236
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HowChristianityisContinuouswithJudaism 241
TheAntithesisOvercomebytheDevelopmentoftheIdea 245
TheIncarnationandSacrificialDeathofChristastheTrue
HighPriest 246
TheWorldtoComeandthePresentAge 249
Faith 252
Summary 254
TheDeutero-PaulineEpistles(Ephesians,Colossians,Philippians) 256
ChristIstheImageofGod,andIsthePleroma 256
TheChurchastheBodyofChrist 258
ChristFillsandReconcilesallThings 259
TheChristologyofPhilippiansandGnosticThought 263
WorksandMoralPerfection 267
TheoreticalKnowledge;ChristianityasMystery 269
TheAbsoluteTranscendenceofChristianity,WhichUnites
allThings 270
TheEpistlesofJamesandPeter 273
JamesVersusPaulonFaith,Works,andJustification 273
TheFoundationofJames:TheMoralLawandFreedom 278
IntroductiontotheEpistlesofPeter,inRelationtoPauline
Concepts 281
ElementsintheEpistlesofPeterthatMediatebetweenPaulinism
andJudaism 285
TheSynopticGospelsandtheActsoftheApostles 288
IntroductiontotheSynopticGospels 288
TheEarthlyLifeofJesustheMessiah,asPortrayedinthe
SynopticGospels 289
Jesus’Death,Resurrection,andAscension 295
PropheciesabouttheDestructionofJerusalemandaboutJesus’
Parousia 299
TheTeachingabouttheHolySpiritintheBookofActs 307
ThePauline-LikeTheologicalFrameworkoftheGospelofLuke 311
ThePaulinismoftheBookofActs 314
ThirdPeriod:TheTheologicalFrameworksofthePastoralEpistles
andtheJohannineWritings 321
ThePastoralEpistles 321
ThePaulineFoundationandDeparturesfromit 321
FalseandTrueTeaching;TheNatureoftheChurch 323