Ernst Fuchs: New Testament Theologian

TL;DR: The most original of the "New Questers" of the historical Jesus, retired from his chair as ordentlicher Professor of New Testament and Hermeneutic at the University of Marburg in Germany as discussed by the authors.

Abstract: the most original of the "New Questers" of the historical Jesus, retired from his chair as ordentlicher Professor of New Testament and Hermeneutic at the University of Marburg in Germany. That mandatory event marked the official close of the career, at once stormy and erratic, of a brilliant and baffling scholar. This paper will attempt to bring this enigmatic man into sharper focus than previous treatments ave provided by analyzing his life, his style, and the theological problems which were rooted in Dialectic Theol-