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Bultmann

American  
[boolt-mahn] / ˈbʊltˌmɑn /

noun

  1. Rudolf 1884–1976, German theologian.


Bultmann British  
/ ˈbʊltman /

noun

  1. Rudolf Karl . 1884–1976, German theologian, noted for his demythologizing approach to the New Testament

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Though he likes to refer to sophisticated theologians like Paul Tillich, Reinhold Niebuhr and Rudolph Bultmann, he works from a fundamentalist canon of the Scripture.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018

Some thinkers, like Bultmann before them, are content to distinguish between a Christ of faith, who is knowable, and a historical Jesus, who is not.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pannenberg argues that Bultmann preaches a kind of "Biblical authoritarianism" of God's word and, in effect, pushes Christian faith outside the boundaries of history.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bultmann did not object to the liberals' methods or their presuppositions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Form criticism; a new method of New Testament research; including The study of the Synoptic gospels, by Rudolf Bultmann, and Primitive Christianity in the light of Gospel research, by Karl Kundsin. © 1Nov34; A82610.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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