The New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings

Aside from the fact that it is perhaps the single most discussed and controversial theological writing of the century, no one knowledgeable of Bultmann's work could doubt its basic importance for his entire contribution. Although the position is for which it argues was hardly new, having already taken shape in several of his theological essays written during the 1920s, it is nevertheless the classic formulation of this position and as such incomparable in the Bultmann corpus.

Schubert M. Ogden is University Distinguished Professor of Theology and Director of the Graduate Program in Religious Studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He edited Existence and Faith: Shorter Writings of Rudolf Bultmann.

Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976) was perhaps the most influential New Testament scholar of the twentieth century. His History of the Synoptic Tradition, Theology of the New Testament, and his commentaries on The Gospel of John and The Johannine Epistles (Hermeneia) are lasting testimonies to his achievement.