Theology

Rudolf Bultmann / Hans Jonas

Briefwechsel 1928–1976

Mit einem Anhang anderer Zeugnisse
Herausgegeben von Andreas Großmann

[Correspondence 1928–1976. With Miscellaneous Documents in an Appendix.]

2020. XXV, 161 pages.
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ISBN 978-3-16-159284-3
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Published in German.
The correspondence between Jonas and Bultmann is the principal source of insight into their personal and intellectual relationship. It is an exceptionally impressive record of a scholarly friendship and at the same time testimony to a momentous philosophical-theological dialogue: about questions of gnosis, about myth and »demythologizing«, and – last but not least – about Heidegger and his relation to theology.
Hans Jonas' thinking cannot be understood without regard to the special intellectual and biographical formation he underwent in Marburg during the 1920s. Besides Martin Heidegger, the Protestant theologian Rudolf Bultmann is particularly worthy of mention in this context. The correspondence between Jonas and Bultmann is the principal source of insight into their personal and intellectual relationship. Apart from a few intervals, their communication spanned almost half a century, from 1928 until 1976. It is an exceptionally impressive record of a scholarly friendship and at the same time testimony to a momentous philosophical-theological dialogue: about questions of gnosis, about myth and »demythologizing«, and – last but not least – about Heidegger and his relation to theology.
Authors/Editors

Rudolf Bultmann (1884–1976)
Studium in Tübingen, Berlin und Marburg; 1910 Promotion; 1912 Habilitation; 1916 a.o. Professor in Breslau; 1920 als Nachfolger Wilhelm Boussets o. Professor in Gießen; 1921 bis zur Emeritierung im Jahre 1951 o. Professor für Neues Testament in Marburg.

Hans Jonas (1903–1993) Studium in Freiburg, Berlin, Marburg, Heidelberg, Bonn und Frankfurt; 1928 Promotion; 1933 Auswanderung nach London, Jerusalem und 1949 Montreal; 1950–54 Fellow an der Carleton-University Ottawa; 1955 Übersiedlung nach New York und Übernahme einer Professur an der New School for Social Research; Gastprofessuren an der Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Universität München.

Andreas Großmann ist wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Forum interdisziplinäre Forschung (FiF) der Technischen Universität Darmstadt und Dozent für Philosophie.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Journal Phänomenologie — 55 (2021), S. 74–76 (Jürgen Nielsen-Sikora)
In: — https://reviews.ophen.org/2021/04/20/rudolf-bultmann-hans-jonas-briefwechsel-1928–1976/ (Ian Alexander Moore)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 146 (2021), S. 311–312 (Michael Hackl)
In: Informationsmittel f. Bibliotheken — http://informationsmittel-fuer-bibliotheken.de/showfile.php?id=10496 (Till Kinzel)
In: Zwinglius Redivivus — https://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/ (Jim West)
In: Journal of Theological Studies — 73 (2022), S. 425–426 (Robert Morgan)
In: https://blogs.rpi-virtuell.de — https://blogs.rpi-virtuell.de/buchempfehlungen/2020/12/07/bultmann-jonas-bri (Christoph Auffarth)
In: Journal of Religion — 102 (2022), S. 131–132 (Philip E. Devenish)
In: Theologische Zeitschrift — 77 (2021), S. 168–170 (Christian Danz)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 66 (2022), S. 276
In: Philosophische Rundschau — 69 (2022), S. 57–65 (Matthias Janson)
In: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt — 122 (2022), S. 252 (Gerhard Vöhringer)