jwright82
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
Some backround to this question, or observation, might be helpful. Rudolph Bultmann, In my humble opinion, sought the task to demythologize the New Testament. This was different from the liberal theologians who said that we must find all mythological elements in the bible and discard them (ressurection, virgin birth, miracles, etc...) to get to the real truth of the biblical message. Bultmann agreed that there were mythological themes in the New Testament but he argued that these were essential to the message of the bible.
The more that I listen to Peter Enns and his "mythological" take on the Old Testament it reminds me of Bultmann. He, like Bultmann, does not seem to want to take the away the "mythological", in his opinion, elements of the OT but rather to get the true message of the bible from these "myths" to accommodate modernism, which Bultmann was doing as well. Does anyone else see this or am I chasing the wrong rabbit down the wrong hole?
Here are some of youtube clips to illustrate my point:
Pete Enns on Understanding Origins and the Ancient Mind - YouTube
Lecture: Erasmus Lecture -- Peter Enns, Feb. 9, 2011 - YouTube
Peter Enns on the future of Biblical Studies - YouTube
Peter Enns on the Apostle Paul and Adam - YouTube
The more that I listen to Peter Enns and his "mythological" take on the Old Testament it reminds me of Bultmann. He, like Bultmann, does not seem to want to take the away the "mythological", in his opinion, elements of the OT but rather to get the true message of the bible from these "myths" to accommodate modernism, which Bultmann was doing as well. Does anyone else see this or am I chasing the wrong rabbit down the wrong hole?
Here are some of youtube clips to illustrate my point:
Pete Enns on Understanding Origins and the Ancient Mind - YouTube
Lecture: Erasmus Lecture -- Peter Enns, Feb. 9, 2011 - YouTube
Peter Enns on the future of Biblical Studies - YouTube
Peter Enns on the Apostle Paul and Adam - YouTube