the quest for the historical Jesus is really a reconstruction of an unhistorical Jesus, the very opposite of its alleged intent. First, the quest directs readers to someone who does not really exist, i.e. In The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape commended the Jesus quest to his nephew Wormwood for four reasons. They suggested that we couldn’t trust the New Testament text as it stands. He had examined the views of Hermann Samuel Reimarus, David Friedrich Strauss, Theodor Keim, Ernest Renan, Wilhelm Wrede, and others, concluding that “each individual created Him in accordance with his own character”, showing the presuppositions with which these scholars approached the biblical text. Schweitzer had surveyed various theologians, all of whom attempted to reconstruct the real Jesus from biblical and extra-biblical documents. Lewis opposed that approach, something best seen in his essay, “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism.” Such an approach does not take the Gospels for the kind of literature they purport to be, nor does it take the person of Jesus in the way in which he is portrayed in the Gospels. Schweitzer assumed that scholars needed to sift through the books of the New Testament, discarding what was unhistorical and retaining what was historical. product of the church rather than first-century eyewitness accounts of apostles. His approach was based on Form Criticism, which understands the New Testament Gospels as a second-century A.D. In 1906, Albert Schweitzer’s book, The Quest of the Historical Jesus, was published, appearing in English in 1910. The Bible and these 3 make a strong case for a One True Living God with the name of Yaweh.Why does Lewis so vehemently reject the view that treats Jesus as a historical rather than a divine figure? Why does he find the notion of some who regard Jesus merely as a great moral teacher to be absurd? Why does he assert that “If Christianity only means one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance”? (p. James Kennedy's "Why I Believe" and Saint Augustine's "Confessions". For anyone interested in theology, I highly recommend this book and along with it, D. Here for you is a chance to better understand the world in which we share and why many believe Y'shua to be the Creator Incarnate. I find Lewis' prose to be distinctly intelligent and charming. If only the differing beliefs would study one another, en masse. The Christian and non-Christian alike should read this book so that they may better understand each other. Let us understand Mere Christianity is the work of a former Atheist turned Christian apologetic. Jesus laid into a few simple words immense mystery and simple understanding. I must say that I am a larger fan of both of their masters, Jesus, or Y'shua. Lewis and his master (his words), George MacDonald.
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