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Wilhelm Bousset (1865-1920) was one of the pioneers in the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule or "History of Religions School," which established the scientific and comparative study of Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity a century ago. The Antichrist Legend, first published in German in 1895 and translated into English the following year, is perhaps Bousset's most remarkable book, both for its original argument about the connection of Antichrist to myths of the primordial dragon and for its vast knowledge of patristic and medieval literature. This welcome reissue of this classic work features a helpful new Introduction by David Frankfurter.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition.

1906. Edited by Reverend W.D. Morrison. Contents: Book I. The Outward Course of the Life of Jesus, and the Forms of His Activity: The Ministry; The Character of Jesus, and His Relations with Contemporary Rabbinism and Essenism; Jesus as Preacher and Healer; Disciples and Opponents; Book II. The Teaching of Jesus: The Kingdom of God; Jesus' Conception of God; The Last Judgment; The Moral Teaching of Jesus; Book III. The Mystery of the Person: Jesus and the Messiahship; and The Son of Man.

1906. Edited by Reverend W.D. Morrison. Contents: Book I. The Outward Course of the Life of Jesus, and the Forms of His Activity: The Ministry; The Character of Jesus, and His Relations with Contemporary Rabbinism and Essenism; Jesus as Preacher and Healer; Disciples and Opponents; Book II. The Teaching of Jesus: The Kingdom of God; Jesus' Conception of God; The Last Judgment; The Moral Teaching of Jesus; Book III. The Mystery of the Person: Jesus and the Messiahship; and The Son of Man.

1906. Edited by Reverend W.D. Morrison. Contents: Book I. The Outward Course of the Life of Jesus, and the Forms of His Activity: The Ministry; The Character of Jesus, and His Relations with Contemporary Rabbinism and Essenism; Jesus as Preacher and Healer; Disciples and Opponents; Book II. The Teaching of Jesus: The Kingdom of God; Jesus' Conception of God; The Last Judgment; The Moral Teaching of Jesus; Book III. The Mystery of the Person: Jesus and the Messiahship; and The Son of Man.