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What did Bultmann argue that all is necessary for Christian belief?
That Jesus lived, preached and died by crucifixion.
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What was Bultmann convinced of the need to do?
Deymythologise the NT to interpret it i terms that modern readers can understand.
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What does Bultmann define myth as?
'the report of an event or occurrence in which supernatural, superhuman powers or persons are at work'.
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What does Bultmann view myths as?
Ways in which people attempt to explain the world in which they live and their existence in it and explain the divine in human terms.
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What is an example of a myth?
Three-tiered universe where earth was a spehere with Heaven above and Hell beneath.
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In Christianity what is an example of a myth?
Jesus' virgin birth and the resurrection.
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Why is it impossible for modern readers to believe NT accounts without discarding all modern intellect and knowledge?
Because the NT use muthological terminology of their time.
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What wasn't as was the resurrection?
Wasn't a historical event but a myth, a story desinged to sustain faith.
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What can one not expect a scientifically minded modern reader to believe?
In resurrection of a corpse.
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How is Jesus the Son of God?
Not in a literal sense but in a sense that he is expression of God, what God had to say he initiated in Jesus.
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What does Bultmann say about belief in resurrection of Christ's physical body in unnecessary to Christian faith and contrary to faith?
'if the resurrection were an historical fact, faith would become superfluous. What is decisive is not that Jesus came to life again but that he is, for you, the Risen One. The one who was crucified is alive again if you see him as such with the eyes
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Why can modern readers not accept the resurrection with integrity?
Because it can never be proved and even it if could it couldn't in itself give meaning to the event of the crucifixion.
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What is resurrection in demythologised form seen as?
Realisation that cross of Christ wasn't a defeat but a victory.
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What did the disciples realise when Jesus suffered death?
That he was already the Son of God.
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What was death by itself a victory over?
The power of death.
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How did the Lord conquer death?
By giving himself over to death.
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What does Bultmann say about the crucifixion and resurrection?
The crucifixion of Jesus contained resurrection within it, there was no second historical event.
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What does victory come through?
The cross.
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What does faith in the cross come through?
Faith 'in the word of preaching'.
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What does preaching originate from?
The rise of belief in disciples.
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What is Easter not and is about?
Not about arising of Jesus but of faith of early church.
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What do people receive and don't receive illumination through?
Through preaching not through any historical resurrection event.
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When does resurrection take place within individuals?
As they hear the word of preaching and experience the rise of faith.
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