The old faith and the new : a confession / by David Friedrich Strauss ; authorised translation from...
The old faith and the new : a confession / by David Friedrich Strauss ; authorised translation from...
The old faith and the new : a confession / by David Friedrich Strauss ; authorised translation from the sixth ed. by Mathilde Blind.
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Publisher
London : Asher, 1873.
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Date
1873.
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T0068589 , DSM/211/S
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English
German
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viii, 439 p. ; 21 cm.
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Publisher
London : Asher, 1873.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1873.
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Copyright status: Out of copyright.
Please acknowledge: State Library of New South Wales.
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German philosopher and radical theologian David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874) distinguished himself as one of Europe's most controversial biblical critics and as an intellectual martyr for freethought.
In his final work, The Old Faith and the New (1872), Strauss abandons Christianity altogether and turns to a critique of theism in general: Relying on contemporary science and leading philosophers, he rejects God as the creator of the universe and humankind, the divinity of Christ, and the reality of miracles (the Old Faith), thus confining religio...
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The old faith and the new : a confession / by David Friedrich Strauss ; authorised translation from the sixth ed. by Mathilde Blind.
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Mitchell Library copy signed, 'D.S. Mitchell.'
Selected for Digitisation 2013
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Online at the State Library of NSW
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T0068589 , DSM/211/S
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74Vvez0wbqm3
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210
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991017059049702626
