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90. Jesus Quests

Undeceptions with John Dickson

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Mythology and the New Testament

After the first quest, which sort of collapsed around 1910, many scholars adopted a pretty pessimistic attitude toward Jesus studies. Rudolph Boltmann argued that the Christ of faith was more important to Christianity than the Jesus of history. William Rader dealt another major blow with the publication of the Messianic Secret. Albert Schweitzer is often credited with ending the first quest.

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