Carl Clemen

German theologian and religious historian
Carl Clemen

Carl Christian Clemen (30 March 1865, near Leipzig – 8 July 1940, Bonn), best known as Carl Clemen, was a German theologian and religious historian.[1] He was a member of the history of religions school.

Career

Clemen was Professor of New Testament and religious history at the University of Bonn.[2] He was a critic of the Christ myth theory and refuted the arguments of Arthur Drews, Peter Jensen and other mythicists.[3] He was also critical of the ideas of Anthroposophy and Theosophy.[4]

Clemen has approximately six hundred publications.[5] His brothers were art historian Paul Clemen and historian Otto Clemen.

Selected publications

Books
  • Die religionsgeschichtliche Methode in der Theologie (1904)
  • Paulus: Sein Leben und Wirken (1904)
  • Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung des Neuen Testaments (1909)
  • Die entstehung des Johannesevangeliums (1912)[6]
  • Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources (1912)
  • Der Einfluss der Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum (1913)
  • Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum (1913)
  • Die griechischen und lateinischen Nachrichten über die persische Religion (1920)
  • Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung (1924)
  • Die Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf Mythologie und Religionsgeschichte (1928)
  • Religions of the World: Their Nature and Their History (1931)
  • Die Religion der Etrusker (1936)
Papers
  • Clemen, Carl. (1905). Josephus and Christianity. The Biblical World 25 (5): 361–375.
  • Clemen, Carl. (1908). Does the Fourth Gospel Depend Upon Pagan Traditions? The American Journal of Theology 12 (4): 529–546.
  • Clemen, Carl. (1909). The Revelation of John. The Biblical World 34 (2): 91–103.
  • Clemen, Carl. (1916). Buddhistic Influence in the New Testament. The American Journal of Theology 20 (4): 536–548.

References

  1. ^ Vollmer, U. (2001). Carl Clemen (1865-1940) als Emeritus. Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft. 9 (2): 185–204.
  2. ^ "Christian Carl Clemen". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ Anonymous. (1916). Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources by Carl Clemen. The Biblical World 48 (5): 309–310.
  4. ^ Clemen, Carl. (1924). Anthroposophy. The Journal of Religion 4 (3): 281–292.
  5. ^ Carl Clemen. Encyclopedia of Religion.
  6. ^ Case, Shirley Jackson. (1913). Review: The Johannine Studies of Clemen and B. Weiss. The American Journal of Theology 17 (2): 288–291.
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