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In this short work, Wrede presents a higher critical view of how the New Testament Scriptures came to be. Originally delivered as lectures to laypeople, this concise work is straightforward and accessible. Wrede argues that Paul’s writings are the earliest of the New Testament. This, of course, fits well with the thesis of his other work, Paul, in which he argues that the apostle was the second...

controversies of the day, and undeviatingly to aim at one end only—namely, to get right down to the bottom of the facts. I wish to make use of this privilege at this present time. But one thing must certainly be clearly said in advance, for no misunderstanding must be allowed to arise on this head. The former conviction which for many still remains unshaken in respect to the supernatural origin of the Bible, especially of the New Testament, science cannot share. For science itself has destroyed that
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