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In "The Life of Jesus," Ernest Renan offers a profound and controversial historical and theological analysis of the life of Jesus Christ, weaving together a narrative that is both scholarly and accessible. Renan employs a critical literary style that combines history, biography,... Read Full Overview

Ernest Renan's 'Life of Jesus' is a landmark work of biblical scholarship that offers a groundbreaking new perspective on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Drawing on a wide range of historical and cultural sources, Renan paints a vivid portrait of Jesus as a human... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

R SUM "La Vie de J sus" d'Ernest Renan est une exploration historique et critique des origines du christianisme, centr e sur la figure de J sus de Nazareth. Renan, rudit du XIXe si cle, s'efforce de replacer J sus dans le contexte culturel, social et religieux de son poque,... Read Full Overview

"An epoch, not for the Catholic world only, but for general literature....The essay on the sources of the Life of Jesus with which it opens is itself a literary masterpiece." -Albert Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus, 1906 "A rhetorician of great skill, a master of... Read Full Overview

Extrait: L' v nement capital de l'histoire du monde est la r volution par laquelle les plus nobles portions de l'humanit ont pass des anciennes religions, comprises sous le nom vague de paganisme, une religion fond e sur l'unit divine, la trinit , l'incarnation du Fils de... Read Full Overview

In presenting an English version of the celebrated work of M. Renan, the translator is aware of the difficulty of adequately rendering a work so admirable for its style and beauty of composition. It is not an easy task to reproduce the terseness and eloquence which characterize... Read Full Overview

Ce livre d fend et illustre une th se selon laquelle la biographie de J sus devait tre crite comme celle de n'importe quel autre homme. Les vangiles devaient tre soumis un examen critique comme n'importe quel autre document historique. En application de cette th se, Renan... Read Full Overview

Ce livre a marqu les milieux intellectuels de l' poque. Il contient la th se, alors controvers e, selon laquelle la biographie de J sus doit tre comprise comme celle de n'importe quel autre homme, et la Bible comme devant tre soumise un examen critique comme n'importe quel... Read Full Overview

" Ce n'est donc pas ici un nouveau livre. C'est la « Vie de J sus, d gag e de ses chafaudages et de ses obscurit s. Pour tre historien, j'avais d chercher peindre un Christ qui e t les traits, la couleur, la physionomie de sa race. Cette fois, c'est un Christ... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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