Ernest Renan (M / France, 1823-1892), scholar

Ernest Renan

Joseph-Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French scholar of early Christianity, orientalist, philosopher.

Professor of Hebrew at College de France from 1862. Wrote many works on the history of ancient Judaism. Hugely popular and influential in his own time. His assertions that the life of Jesus should be written like the life of any other man, and that the Bible could be subject to the same critical scrutiny as other historical documents sparked a flurry of debate, and enraged the Roman Catholic Church.

Works

Books

• Histoire des origines du christianisme (1863-83 Renan), book
  • 1. Vie de Jésus (1863 Renan), book
    • The Life of Jesus (1863 Renan), book (English ed.)
    • Vita di Gesù (1863 Renan), book (Italian ed.)
    • Das Leben Jesu (1865 Renan), book (German ed.)
    • Vida de Jésus (1865 Renan), book (Spanish ed.)
    • 耶稣的一生 = Vie de Jésus (The Life of Jesus / 1999 Renan / Liang), book (Chinese ed.)
  • 2. Les Apôtres (1866 Renan), book
  • 3. Saint Paul (1869 Renan), book
    • Paulus = Saint Paul (1869 Renan), book (German ed.)
    • Saint Paul (1869 Renan / Lockwood), book (English ed.)
    • San Pablo = Saint-Paul (St Paul / 1869 Renan / Cuesta), book (Spanish ed.)
    • San Paolo = Saint-Paul (St Paul / 1938 @1869 Renan / Siniscalchi), book (Italian ed.)
  • 4. L'antechrist (1873 Renan), book
  • 5. Les Évangiles et la seconde génération chrétienne (1877 Renan), book
  • 6. L'église chrétienne (1879 Renan), book
  • 7. Marc-Aurèle et la fin du monde antique (18?? Renan), book
  • 8. Index général avec une carte de l'extension du christianisme vers l'an 180 (1883 Renan), book

• Histoire du peuple d'Israël (History of the People of Israel / 1887-93 Renan), book
  • History of the People of Israel = Histoire du peuple d'Israël (1888-96 Renan / Allen, Latimer), book (English ed.)

Biography

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References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book / pp. 375-384