Kyrios Christos

Wilhelm Bousset (1865-1920) was a German theologian and New Testament Scholar.

CONTENTS I: JESUS THE MESSIAH-SON OF MAN IN THE FAITH OF THE PALESTINIAN PRIMITIVE COMMUNITY II: THE FAITH OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PICTURE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH IN THE FIRST THREE GOSPELS III: THE GENTILE CHRISTIAN PRIMITIVE COMMUNITY IV: PAUL V: THE BELIEF IN CHRIST IN THE JOHANNINE WRITINGS VI: GNOSTICISM VII: THE CHRIST CULT IN THE POST-APOSTOLIC AGE VIII: THE STRUCTURING OF CHRISTIANITY ON THE BASIS OF THE CHRIST CULT AND ITS VARIOUS TYPES IX: THE APOLOGISTS X: IRENAEUS INDEXES

"Kyrios Christos may reasonably be designated as the major work of the most important representative of the 'history of religions school' of New Testament criticism." -- Schuyler Brown, author of "The Origins of Christianity: A Historical Introduction to the New Testament" The major work of Wilhelm Bousset, the most important representative of the history of religions school of New Testament scholarship, Kyrios Christos still influences current discussion because it helped to define contemporary problems and areas of study. -- America Magazine In what is now considered a classic study on the development of the Christ cult, Bousset's Kyrios Christos: Geschichte des Christusglaubens von den Anfangen des Christentums bis Iranaeus (1913) argued that the veneration of Jesus as a messianic object of specifically cultic devotion emerged not within the early Palestinian population but among Gentile communities, a shift that happened relatively quickly in the history of a religion. This most recent edition includes an insightful Introduction by Larry W. Hurtado, who situates the scholar and his work within Bousset's own historical context. -- Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen -- Religious Studies Review