Quest for historical Jesus.
(vs. Christ of faith)
Albert Scwheitzer (Ger. 1910)
German
David Strauss (1808-1874)
- looked for historical kernal

Rudolph bultmann- said scriptures
need to be demythologized-
stripped of metaphysics

1) was jesus actually as he
is portrayed in the n.t.?
2)If not, is there anything
worth believing anyway?

Liberal Claims:
1) The writers of the n.t.
of jesus himself didn't
intend to be taken literally.

2) Even if they intended to
be taken literally, we shouldn't
viewn them that way today.