The Quest of the Historical Jesus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Quest of the Historical Jesus, credited to Albert Schweitzer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Quest of the Historical Jesus, by Albert Schweitzer. Read by JoeD. In this book, Schweitzer traces the historical progress of 'Historical Jesus' research, from Hermann Reimarus in the mid 18th century, to William Wrede at the turn of the 20th. Schweitzer showed how Jesus' image had changed with the times and with the personal proclivities of the various authors. He concluded with his own synopsis and interpretation of what had been learned over the course of the previous century. He took the position that the life of Jesus must be interpreted in the light of Jesus' own convictions, which he characterized as those of late Jewish eschatology. (Introduction from Wikipedia, modified by JoeD)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
• Author credits: Albert Schweitzer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 46
• Listed recording duration: 21:17:44

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• religion

Opening tracks: first 24 of 46

1. 00 - Preface, by F.C. Burkitt — 8:29
2. 01 - Chapter 1, Part 1 - The Problem — 17:08
3. 02 - Chapter 1, Part 2 - The Problem — 22:46
4. 03 - Chapter 2, Part 1 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus — 18:47
5. 04 - Chapter 2, Part 2 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus — 27:49
6. 05 - Chapter 3, Part 1 - The Lives of Jesus of the Earlier Rationalism — 15:39
7. 06 - Chapter 3, Part 2 - The Lives of Jesus of the Earlier Rationalism — 20:21
8. 07 - Chapter 4, Part 1 - The Earliest Fictitious Lives of Jesus — 20:35
9. 08 - Chapter 4, Part 2 - The Earliest Fictitious Lives of Jesus — 12:43
10. 09 - Chapter 5 - Fully Developed Rationalism - Paulus — 31:05
11. 10 - Chapter 6, Part 1 - The Last Phase of Rationalism - Hase and Schleiermacher — 14:24
12. 11 - Chapter 6, Part 2 - The Last Phase of Rationalism - Hase and Schleiermacher — 19:23
13. 12 - Chapter 7 - David Friedrich Strauss - The Man and His Fate — 28:50
14. 13 - Chapter 8, Part 1 - Strauss's First 'Life of Jesus' — 28:25
15. 14 - Chapter 8, Part 2 - Strauss's First 'Life of Jesus' — 31:59
16. 15 - Chapter 9, Part 1 - Strauss's Opponents and Supporters — 31:37
17. 16 - Chapter 9, Part 2 - Strauss's Opponents and Supporters — 36:21
18. 17 - Chapter 10, Part 1 - The Marcan Hypothesis — 21:41
19. 18 - Chapter 10, Part 2 - The Marcan Hypothesis — 27:42
20. 19 - Chapter 11, Part 1 - Bruno Bauer — 27:18
21. 20 - Chapter 11, Part 2 - Bruno Bauer — 28:31
22. 21 - Chapter 11, Part 3 - Bruno Bauer — 21:32
23. 22 - Chapter 12, Part 1 - Further Imaginative Lives of Jesus — 28:22
24. 23 - Chapter 12, Part 2 - Further Imaginative Lives of Jesus — 37:27

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