Life of Jesus is one of the earliest works by G. W. F. Hegel. In this essay on morality he presents a version of Jesus very similar to Kant's categorical imperative. For Hegel the moment Jesus cried out "why hast thou forsaken me", was the moment he knew sin and evil, for evil is the separation of the individual from the universal.
Jesus is presented as a rationalistic philosopher, opposed to the superstition and "positive religion" of the Pharisees. Biblical miracles are represented as metaphors for Jesus' philosophical doctrines.