- 1Introduction to the Present Edition
- 2Preface
- 3To the Fourth German Edition
- 4Introduction — Development of the Mythical Point of View in Relatio…
- 5§ 2 — Different explanations of sacred legends among the Greeks
- 6§ 3 — Allegorical Interpretations Among the Hebrews — Philo
- 7§ 4 — Allegorical Interpretations Among the Christians — Origen
- 8§ 5 — Transition to More Modern Times — Deists and Naturalists of t…
- 9§ 6 — Natural Mode of Explanation Adopted by the Rationalists — Eic…
- 10§ 7 — Moral interpretation of Kant
- 11§ 8 — Rise of the mythical mode of interpreting the sacred history,…
- 12§ 9 — The mythical mode of interpretation in reference to the New T…
- 13§ 10 — The notion of the mythus in its application to sacred histor…
- 14§ 11 — The application of the notion of the mythus too circumscribed
- 15§ 12 — Opposition to the mythical view of the Gospel history
- 16§ 13 — The Possibility of the Existence of Mythi in the New Testame…
- 17§ 14 — The possibility of mythi in the New Testament considered on…
- 18§ 15 — Definition of the evangelical mythus and its distinctive cha…
- 19§ 16 — Criteria by which to distinguish the unhistorical in the Gos…
- 20First Part — History of the Birth and Childhood of Jesus — Chapter…
- 21§ 18 — Natural explanation of the narrative
- 22§ 19 — Mythical view of the narrative in its different stages
- 23Chapter II — Davidical Descent of Jesus, According to the Genealogi…
- 24§ 21 — Comparison of the Two Genealogies — Attempt to Reconcile The…
- 25§ 22 — The genealogies unhistorical
- 26Chapter III — Announcement of the Conception of Jesus — Its Superna…
- 27§ 24 — Disagreements of the canonical gospels in relation to the fo…
- 28§ 25 — Import of the Angel’s Message — Fulfilment of the Prophecy o…
- 29§ 26 — Jesus begotten of the Holy Ghost. Criticism of the orthodox…
- 30§ 27 — Retrospect of the genealogies
- 31§ 28 — Natural explanation of the history of the conception
- 32§ 29 — History of the conception of Jesus viewed as a mythus
- 33§ 30 — Relation of Joseph to Mary — Brothers of Jesus
- 34§ 31 — Visit of Mary to Elizabeth
- 35Chapter IV — Birth and Earliest Events of the Life of Jesus
- 36§ 33 — Particular circumstances of the birth of Jesus. The circumci…
- 37§ 34 — The Magi and Their Star. The Flight Into Egypt and the Murde…
- 38§ 35 — Attempts at a natural explanation of the history of the Magi…
- 39§ 36 — The purely mythical explanation of the narrative concerning…
- 40§ 37 — Chronological Relation Between the Visit of the Magi, Togeth…
- 41§ 38 — The presentation of Jesus in the temple
- 42§ 39 — Retrospect. Difference between Matthew and Luke as to the or…
- 43Chapter V — The First Visit to the Temple, and the Education of Jesus
- 44§ 41 — This narrative also mythical
- 45§ 42 — On the external life of Jesus up to the time of his public a…
- 46§ 43 — The intellectual development of Jesus
- 47Second Part — History of the Public Life of Jesus — Chapter I — Rel…
- 48§ 45 — Appearance and design of the Baptist. His personal relations…
- 49§ 46 — Was Jesus acknowledged by John as the Messiah? and in what s…
- 50§ 47 — Opinion of the Evangelists and Jesus Concerning the Baptist,…
- 51§ 48 — The execution of John the Baptist
- 52Chapter II — Baptism and Temptation of Jesus
- 53§ 50 — The scene at the baptism of Jesus considered as supernatural…
- 54§ 51 — An attempt at a criticism and mythical interpretation of the…
- 55§ 52 — Relation of the supernatural at the baptism of Jesus to the…
- 56§ 53 — Place and time of the temptation of Jesus. Divergencies of t…
- 57§ 54 — The history of the temptation conceived in the sense of the…
- 58§ 55 — The temptation considered as a natural occurrence either int…
- 59§ 56 — The history of the temptation as a mythus
- 60Chapter III — Locality and Chronology of the Public Life of Jesus
- 61§ 58 — The residence of Jesus at Capernaum
- 62§ 59 — Divergencies of the Evangelists as to the chronology of the…
- 63§ 60 — The attempts at a chronological arrangement of the particula…
- 64Chapter IV — Jesus as the Messiah
- 65§ 62 — How soon did Jesus conceive himself to be the Messiah, and f…
- 66§ 63 — Jesus, the Son of God
- 67§ 64 — The divine mission and authority of Jesus. His pre-existence
- 68§ 65 — The messianic plan of Jesus. Indications of a political element
- 69§ 66 — Data for the pure spirituality of the messianic plan of Jesu…
- 70§ 67 — The relation of Jesus to the Mosaic law
- 71§ 68 — Scope of the messianic plan of Jesus. Relation to the Gentiles
- 72§ 69 — Relation of the messianic plan of Jesus to the Samaritans. H…
- 73Chapter V — The Disciples of Jesus
- 74§ 71 — Peter’s draught of fishes
- 75§ 72 — Calling of Matthew. Connexion of Jesus with the publicans
- 76§ 73 — The twelve apostles
- 77§ 74 — The twelve considered individually. The three or four most c…
- 78§ 75 — The rest of the twelve, and the seventy disciples
- 79Chapter VI — The Discourses of Jesus in the Three First Gospels
- 80§ 77 — Instructions to the twelve. Lamentations over the Galilean c…
- 81§ 78 — The parables
- 82§ 79 — Miscellaneous instructions and controversies of Jesus
- 83Chapter VII — Discourses of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
- 84§ 81 — The discourses of Jesus, John v.–xii
- 85§ 82 — Isolated maxims of Jesus, common to the fourth gospel and th…
- 86§ 83 — The modern discussions on the authenticity of the discourses…
- 87Chapter VIII — Events in the Public Life of Jesus, Excluding the Mi…
- 88§ 85 — Isolated groups of anecdotes. Imputation of a league with Be…
- 89§ 86 — Visit of the mother and brethren of Jesus. The woman who pro…
- 90§ 87 — Contentions for pre-eminence among the disciples. The love o…
- 91§ 88 — The purification of the temple
- 92§ 89 — Narratives of the anointing of Jesus by a woman
- 93§ 90 — The narratives of the woman taken in adultery, and of Mary a…
- 94Chapter IX — Miracles of Jesus
- 95§ 92 — The demoniacs, considered generally
- 96§ 93 — Cases of the expulsion of demons by Jesus, considered singly
- 97§ 94 — Cures of lepers
- 98§ 95 — Cures of the blind
- 99§ 96 — Cures of paralytics. Did Jesus regard diseases as punishments?
- 100§ 97 — Involuntary cures
- 101§ 98 — Cures at a distance
- 102§ 99 — Cures on the sabbath
- 103§ 100 — Resuscitations of the dead
- 104§ 101 — Anecdotes having relation to the sea
- 105§ 102 — The miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes
- 106§ 103 — Jesus turns water into wine
- 107§ 104 — Jesus curses a barren fig-tree
- 108Chapter X — The Transfiguration of Jesus, and His Last Journey to J…
- 109§ 106 — The natural explanation of the narrative in various forms
- 110§ 107 — The history of the transfiguration considered as a mythus
- 111§ 108 — Diverging accounts concerning the last journey of Jesus to…
- 112§ 109 — Divergencies of the gospels, in relation to the point from…
- 113§ 110 — More particular circumstances of the entrance. Its object a…
- 114Third Part — History of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus…
- 115§ 112 — The Predictions of Jesus Concerning His Death in General…
- 116§ 113 — Precise declarations of Jesus concerning his future resurre…
- 117§ 114 — Figurative discourses, in which Jesus is supposed to have a…
- 118§ 115 — The discourses of Jesus on his second advent. Criticism of…
- 119§ 116 — Origin of the discourses on the second advent
- 120Chapter II — Machinations of the Enemies of Jesus; Treachery of Jud…
- 121§ 118 — Jesus and his betrayer
- 122§ 119 — Different opinions concerning the character of Judas, and t…
- 123§ 120 — Preparation for the passover
- 124§ 121 — Divergent statements respecting the time of the last supper
- 125§ 122 — Divergencies in relation to the occurrences at the last mea…
- 126§ 123 — Announcement of the betrayal and the denial
- 127§ 124 — The institution of the Lord’s supper
- 128Chapter III — Retirement to the Mount of Olives, Arrest, Trial, Con…
- 129§ 126 — Relation of the Fourth Gospel to the Events in Gethsemane.…
- 130§ 127 — Arrest of Jesus
- 131§ 128 — Examination of Jesus before the high priest
- 132§ 129 — The Denial of Peter
- 133§ 130 — The death of the betrayer
- 134§ 131 — Jesus before Pilate and Herod
- 135§ 132 — The crucifixion
- 136Chapter IV — Death and Resurrection of Jesus
- 137§ 134 — The wound by a spear in the side of Jesus
- 138§ 135 — Burial of Jesus
- 139§ 136 — The watch at the grave of Jesus
- 140§ 137 — First tidings of the resurrection
- 141§ 138 — Appearances of the risen Jesus in Galilee and in Judea, inc…
- 142§ 139 — Quality of the body and life of Jesus after the resurrection
- 143§ 140 — Debates concerning the reality of the death and resurrectio…
- 144Chapter V — The Ascension
- 145§ 142 — The so-called ascension considered as a supernatural and as…
- 146§ 143 — Insufficiency of the narratives of the ascension. Mythical…
- 147Concluding Dissertation — The Dogmatic Import of the Life of Jesus
- 148§ 145 — The Christology of the orthodox system
- 149§ 146 — Objections to the Christology of the church
- 150§ 147 — The Christology of rationalism
- 151§ 148 — The eclectic Christology of Schleiermacher
- 152§ 149 — Christology interpreted symbolically. Kant. De Wette
- 153§ 150 — The speculative Christology
- 154§ 151 — Last dilemma
- 155§ 152 — Relation of the critical and speculative theology to the ch…
The Life of Jesus Critically Examined
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