| dc.description.abstract | The historical part of this dissertation documents
the hermeneutical landmarks, of the modern quest for the
Sermon's meaning from the writings of Leo Tolstoy, Wilhelm
Herrmann, Leonhard Ragaz, Friedrich Naumann, Johannes Weiss,
Albert Schweitzer, Johannes Miiller, Otto Baumgarten, Karl
Bornhauser, Georg Wunsch, Carl Stange, Gerhard Kittel,
Rudolf Bultmann, Hans Windisch, Martin Dibelius, Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, Eduard Thurneysen, Joachim Jeremias, and of
Walter Stadeli. The theological presuppositions and ethi¬
cal implications peculiar to each position are analyzed and
evaluated. Numerous less determinative points of view are
dealt with in footnotes. A summary of perspectives affirm¬
ing the Sermon's practicability is appended together with
a review of the current state of research.
Following a comparative summary analysis of' the
major positions in their order and interrelation, the system
atic part of the thesis develops in historical perspective
three aspects of the Jewishness of Jesus that constitute the
fundamental problem of the Sermon's Christian interpretation
These are (1) Jesus' view of the future and its implications
for our faith and life, (2) Jesus' relation to the Mosaic
tradition and the extent to which Christian ethics fulfills
the intentions of the Torah, and (3) Jesus' expectation of
his followers and the sense in which his teaching is practi¬
cable and relevant for us today. This treatise intends to
fill an omission in the intellectual history of Christian
self-understanding and to contribute to Jewish-Christian
dialogue on the intentions of Jesus. | en |
