From the Book - Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.
The lives of Jesus of the earlier rationalism
The earliest fictitious lives of Jesus
Fully developed rationalism
The last phase of rationalism
Strauss's first "Life of Jesus"
Strauss's opponents and supporters
Further imaginative lives of Jesus
The "liberal" lives of Jesus
The eschatological question
The struggle against eschatology
Questions regarding the Aramaic language, rabbinic parallels, and Buddhistic influence
The position of the subject at the close of the nineteenth century
Thoroughgoing scepticism and thoroughgoing eschtology
Index of authors and works, including reference to English translations.