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Early History Of Christianity

Early History of Christianity is a vast historical panorama of the philosopher Ernest Renan.

The work includes seven books:

Life of Jesus (1863)
The Apostles (1866)
St. Paul (1869)
The Antichrist (1873)
The Gospels (1878)
The Christian Church (1879)
Marcus Aurelius (1883)

Taking the theory of mythical David Strauss , Renan wrote a biography of Jesus, rejecting any notion of supernatural and describing his hero as an incomparable man . Historian of ideas, he admits the need for religious experience, but is too often reduced to a purely social element .

References

Holder of the Chair of Hebrew at the College de France, Renan was suspended by the government of Napoleon III in his first lesson for calling Jesus a man incomparable - New Dictionary of Authors - Laffont-Bompiani -1994
New Dictionary of Authors
New Dictionary of works - Laffont-Bmpiani