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Rudolf Bultmann

1884 - 1976

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Rudolf Karl Bultmann (; German: [ˈbʊltman]; 20 August 1884 – 30 July 1976) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg. He was one of the major figures of early 20th-century biblical studies. A prominent critic of liberal theology, Bultmann instead argued for an existentialist interpretation of the New Testament. His hermeneutical approach to the New Testament led him to be a proponent of dialectical theology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Bultmann is the 294th most popular philosopher (up from 312th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 658th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Philosopher.

Rudolf Bultmann is most famous for his work in formulating the "demythologization" of the Bible.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 294 out of 1,267. Before him are Speusippus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Jacques Maritain, Alain Badiou, Alfred Tarski, and Miskawayh. After him are Bruno Bauer, Strato of Lampsacus, Heraclides Ponticus, William Godwin, Wang Yangming, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 29. Before him are Hermann Rorschach, Auguste Piccard, Casimir Funk, Lion Feuchtwanger, Vincent Auriol, and Emil Jannings. After him are Gerald Gardner, Edward Sapir, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Rajendra Prasad, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, and Max Beckmann. Among people deceased in 1976, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 32. Before him are J. Paul Getty, Gustav Heinemann, Raymond Queneau, Alexander Calder, Anneliese Michel, and Zhu De. After him are Choe Yong-gon, Juscelino Kubitschek, Émile Benveniste, George Whipple, Tove Ditlevsen, and Benjamin Graham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 662 out of 7,253. Before him are Niklas Luhmann (1927), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), Werner Forssmann (1904), Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811), Conrad Schumann (1942), and August Horch (1868). After him are Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Bruno Bauer (1809), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 41. Before him are Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Franz Brentano (1838), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), and Hans Jonas (1903). After him are Bruno Bauer (1809), Moritz Schlick (1882), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), David Strauss (1808), Rudolf Otto (1869), and Hermann Cohen (1842).

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