Karl Ludwig Schmidt

Karl Ludwig Schmidt (Frankfurt am Main 5 February 1891 - Basel, 10 January 1956) was a German Protestant theologian and professor of New Testament studies at the University of Basel. He taught that the accounts of the New Testament were to be regarded as fixed written versions of oral Gospel tradition.[1] In 1919, his book Der Rahmen der Geschichte Jesu ("The Framework of the Story of Jesus") showed that Mark's chronology is the invention of the evangelist.[2] Using form criticism, Schmidt showed that an editor had assembled the narrative out of individual scenes that did not originally have a chronological order.[3] This finding challenged historians' ability to discern a historical Jesus and helped bring about a decades-long collapse in interest in the topic.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Professoren der Universität Basel aus fünf Jahrhunderten: - Page 386 Andreas Staehelin - 1960 "KARL LUDWIG SCHMIDT 1891-1956 Von 1935 bis 1953 ordentlicher Professor für neutestamentliche Wissenschaft. ... Er lehrte die Erzählungen der Evangelien als schriftlich fixierte mündliche Tradition betrachten, deren geographischer, ..."
  2. ↑ Theissen, Gerd and Annette Merz. The historical Jesus: a comprehensive guide. Fortress Press. 1998. translated from German (1996 edition). pp. 5-7
  3. ↑ Theissen, Gerd and Annette Merz. The historical Jesus: a comprehensive guide. Fortress Press. 1998. translated from German (1996 edition). pp. 5-7
  4. ↑ Theissen, Gerd and Annette Merz. The historical Jesus: a comprehensive guide. Fortress Press. 1998. translated from German (1996 edition). pp. 5-7
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