I am writing something on Ernst Kasemann (a German NT scholar) and I wanted to find out the date that he died. That is the sort of simple information that the Internet is great at providing - you would think! A quick jump to Wikipedia and I find that it was 17 Feb 1998. Just to be certain I have a look at another site (The Biography Research Guide) which confirms that it was 17 Feb 1998. However, I then come across another article that has his death as 14 Feb 1998. Finally, I find an article on my desk that has his death as 1997.
I guess there are two morals to this story:
Firstly, you can't trust everything you read on the web...but my guess is you knew that already ....
Secondly, you have to be a bit of a Geek to do a Phd...but my guess is you knew that already...
Showing posts with label Ernst Käsemann. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernst Käsemann. Show all posts
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Where is Jesus now?
I have been working on two German theologians - Albert Schweitzer and Ernst Käsemann. Although, I would not recommend their writings for a young Christian (at all!), they do have lots of profound insights into Paul in particular. Interestingly, they have polar opposite views on one question - the current location of Jesus:
Käsemann: ‘Paul knows no invisible Christ whom one can localize only in heaven’
Schweitzer: ‘For Paul, as for all the believers of his generation, Christ is in Heaven, with God, and nowhere else’
Who do you think gets it right?!
Käsemann: ‘Paul knows no invisible Christ whom one can localize only in heaven’
Schweitzer: ‘For Paul, as for all the believers of his generation, Christ is in Heaven, with God, and nowhere else’
Who do you think gets it right?!
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