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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

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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

By 1926, Rudolf Bultmann of Germany's University of Marburg, the foremost Protestant scholar in the field, threw up his hands: he called for a halt to inquiries regarding the Jesus of history.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But by the 20th century, the great Protestant critic Rudolf Bultmann of Marburg University had concluded that such quests were fruitless.

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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