TY - BOOK AU - Ridderbos,Herman N. TI - Bultmann T2 - International library of philosophy and theology. Modern thinkers series SN - 0875525814 AV - BX4827.B78 R5 U1 - 230/.092B PY - 1960/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co. KW - Bultmann, Rudolf, N1 - "Appeared originally [in Dutch] as a chapter in the Dutch publication, Modern thinkers (Wever)."; Includes bibliographical references; I. Bultmann's general position -- His affiliation with radical Biblical criticism -- His "form historical" method -- Bultmann and the method of the history of religion -- Bultmann and existentialism -- Bultmann and Barth -- II. Bultmann's theological program -- The so-called mythological character of the New Testament -- Form and essence of the New Testament message -- The basic feature of the New Testament message -- The relation of the New Testament and existentialism -- The significance of God's redemptive work in Christ's death and resurrection -- III. Criticism -- A. Bultmann's mythological interpretation of the history of redemption -- His definition of the mythical -- Myth and the New Testament concept of God -- Myth and the witness of the resurrection -- Myth and the act of God in Jesus Christ -- B. Bultmann's existentialism interpretation of redemptive history -- The great reduction -- The view of man ER -