tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post7715394345834712676..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: A New "No Quest" Era? - Le DonneAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-15809414844879790242012-11-23T16:50:49.126-08:002012-11-23T16:50:49.126-08:00Anthony, thanks so much for replying.
Agreed str...Anthony, thanks so much for replying. <br /><br />Agreed strongly, Bultmann’s program was a type of quest. You didn't say so in your comment, but I’d argue that the Third Quest has borrowed much from Bultmann – in particular, a certain suspicion about the historical source material that I don’t see in writing about the historical Buddha or the historical Socrates. If what you’re pointing to is more of a Fourth Quest than a second No Quest (and while I understand you dislike the Quest paradigm, it DOES make for useful shorthand), perhaps one feature of the Fourth Quest could be a greater willingness to trust the gospels. I don’t mean an uncritical trust, just the kind of trust that (say) a scholar of Buddhism might bring to the Buddhacarita. I don’t think scholars of the Buddha carry with them formalized criteria of authenticity, where all Buddha material is judged inauthentic until proven authentic.<br /><br />But I’m veering off topic. What you have in mind for a “defensible historiography” is of great interest to me, but you’re prolific here and elsewhere, and I can be patient. Thanks for writing something positive about Bultmann. I’m not a big fan of his, but I think he deserves better than what he gets these days.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976868079076669453noreply@blogger.com