Bücher von Rudolf Bultmann

Mit seinem Breslauer und späteren Marburger Kollegen Hans von Soden verband Rudolf Bultmann eine Jahrzehnte währende Freundschaft, wovon ihre Korrespondenz ein eindrucksvolles Zeugnis ablegt. Die Briefe an Hans von Soden lassen teilhaben am geistigen Ringen um die jeweilige Positionierung von liberaler und dialektischer Theologie. Bultmanns Briefwechsel mit Philipp Vielhauer und Hans Conzelmann gewähren authentische Einblicke in die theologischen und exegetischen Debatten innerhalb der "Bultmannschule". Dabei werden zentrale theologische Themen diskutiert, deren Relevanz bis heute ungebrochen ist: das Verhältnis zwischen dem historischem Jesus und dem Christus des Glaubens, die Entstehung des Osterglaubens, Geschichte und Eschatologie, Jesus und der Menschensohn.

Von Rudolf Bultmann sind aus seiner Marburger Zeit 15 Trauerpredigten und zwei Gedenkansprachen erhalten. Sie vermitteln den Trost aus dem Glauben, dass die Toten in Gottes Hand sind. Dabei wird die Schwere des Verlusts nicht überspielt, zugleich jedoch der Blick auf die Ewigkeit als das Ziel unserer irdischen Wanderschaft gerichtet. Der Glaubende nimmt in der Hoffnung bereits voraus, was sich in der Gottesschau erfüllen wird.In der Trauerpredigt darf auch der Dank zum Ausdruck kommen für das, was den Trauernden in dem zu Ende gegangenen Leben geschenkt worden ist und nun in der Erinnerung zu ihrem inneren Besitz werden kann. Dabei verzichtet Bultmann auf ein richterliches Urteil, da dieses allein Gott zusteht. Es ist Gottes Gnade, die den Tod zum Tor in das Leben werden lässt.[Time becomes Eternity. Mourning Sermons]From Rudolf Bultmann's time in Marburg fifteen mourning sermons and two remembrance speeches are preserved. They offer comfort from the belief that the dead are in God's hand. This does not smooth over the serverity of loss, yet directs the view on eternity as the end of our earthly wanderings. The believer anticipates already in its hope what will be fulfilled in the beatific vision of God.Gratitude ist expressed in the mourning sermons for what was given to the mourners by the life that ended and what can now become their internal possession through their remembrance. At the same time Bultmann forgoes an adjudication, since this is exclusively entitled to God. It is from God's grace that death turns to be the gate into life.

"As the first volume in the Johannine Monograph Series, The Gospel of John: A Commentary by Rudolf Bultmann well deserves this place of pride. Indeed, this provocative commentary is arguably the most important New Testament monograph in the twentieth century, perhaps second only to The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Albert Schweitzer. In contrasting Bultmann''s and Schweitzer''s paradigms, however, we find that Bultmann''s is far more technically argued and original, commanding hegemony among other early-Christianity paradigms. Ernst Haenchen has described Bultmann''s commentary as a giant oak tree in whose shade nothing could grow, and indeed, this reference accurately describes its dominance among Continental Protestant scholarship over the course of several decades.""Rudolf Bultmann was unquestionably the most outstanding New Testament scholar of the twentieth century, and his commentary on John was probably his most outstanding achievement. Although no one now shares his conviction that the Gospel was built largely upon a gnostic source, his penetrating intelligence is in evidence on every page of this great commentary, which may never be surpassed.""--John Ashton, Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University, UK""Although Bultmann''s literary hypothesis now fails to convince many scholars, his view that a form of Jewish gnosticism, evidenced in some of the texts from Qumran, provides an illuminating context for the interpretation of the creative theological response of the evangelist. Above all other aspects, Bultmann''s theological interpretation remains impressive and relevant, and justifies the judgment of Irenaeus and others, that this Gospel provides a compelling response to challenges to the meaning of the gospel.""--John Painter, Professor of Theology, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaRudolf Bultmann was for many years Professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg, Germany. He previously held this position at the Universities of Breslau and Giessen. He was a graduate of the Universities of Tubingen, Berlin, and Marburg."

Dr Bultmann makes his position sharply clear in response to criticism that he is abandoning the essence of Christianity. For all who ask how Christianity can be restated without the 'myths' of the first century, the appearance of this short book is a help and an encouragement.

The message of Jesus, the 'kerygma' of the early church and the theology of Paul.

The theology of the Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles, and the development of the church.