Paul and His Interpreters
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Albert Schweitzer points out the contrast between Paul’s conception of union with Chrst and the idea in Greek mystery religions that the Divine essence passes into the soul of the living man by means of gnosis and the vision of God. Paul’s continued interaction with mystery religions was suggestive of early Christianity being influenced by them, but Schweitzer proposes that Paul used the mystery terminology as a vehicle to convey the true religion to the hearers who were well acquianted with that form of speech.
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Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) was a German theologian, musician, pastor, doctor and missionary. He studied theology, philosophy, and music at the Kaiser Wilhelm University in Strassburg. He did his PhD work at the Sorbonne in Paris. He went back to Strassburg for his MD in 1913. In 1952, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his medical work in Africa, where he founded the Albert Schweitzer hospital. He is best known for his work on the historical Jesus, especially The Quest for the Historical Jesus.