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• ISBN 10: 0192603671
• ISBN 13: 9780192603678
• Author: Frederick C. Beiser 

David Friedrich Strauss is a central figure in 19th century intellectual history. The first major source for the loss of faith in Christianity in Germany, his work Das Leben Jesu was the most scandalous publication in Germany during his time. His book was a critique of the claims to historical truth of the New Testament, which had been the mainstay of Protestantism since the Reformation. As the father of unbelief, his critique of Christianity preceded that of Nietzsche, Marx, Feuerbach, and Schopenhauer. His views imposed a harsh fate upon him – he was persecuted for his beliefs by religious and political authorities and was denied employment in the university and government, forcing him to live as a free-lance writer. He led a wandering and isolated life as an outcast. Here, Frederick C. Beiser studies the intellectual development of Strauss and recounts his fate, which began in faith as a young man but finally ended in unbelief.

Table of contents:

1. Historical Significance of Das Leben Jesu

2. Reputation and Reality

3. Context and Background

4. Tübingen Lectures

5. Strauß’s Method and Its Problems

6. The Theory of Myth

7. Reaction, Demotion, and Exile

8. The Rogue’s Gallery

9. Crisis and Compromise

10. The Zurich Affair

11. The Doctrine of the Christian Faith

12. Career in Politics and Political Writings

13. Das Leben Jesu für das deutsche Volk

14. Two Polemics of the 1860s

15. The New and the Old Faith

16. Three Critics

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