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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

Distinguishing among the oral traditions would help the scholar determine how faith built up the experiences of these early Christians into the formulas of what Bultmann called myths.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet some experts, among them Germany's New Testament Critic Rudolf Bultmann, are persuaded that Gnosticism was a full-fledged, working religion even before the arrival of Christ.

From Time Magazine Archive

So disgusted is Johnson, in fact, that he, like Bultmann before him, counsels believers to ignore the search for the historical Jesus altogether.

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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