10 April 1802 A.D. Birth: Johann Peter Lange (1802-1884)—Evangelical Lutheran & Defender of the Historical Jesus vis a vis David Strauss
10 April 1802 A.D. Birth: Johann Peter Lange (1802-1884)—Evangelical Lutheran & Defender of the Historical Jesus vis a vis David Strauss http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/birthdays/04-10.html Johann Peter Lange (1802 to 1884) Evangelical He Stood up for the Historical Jesus. Johann Peter Lange was born in Elberfield, Prussia. He studied at Bonn University, and after his ordination he pastored from 1825-41. He drew recognition of the evangelical leaders by the publication of articles revealing his commitment to orthodoxy over a period from 1830 to 1840. In 1835 D. F. Strauss [1808-1874] published a view that said that the portrayal of Jesus in the Gospels was not a reliable record, but "mythical." Lange took a strong stand, and published a book in 1836 to refute this view, which was beginning to dominate all of German theology. In 1841 Lange became professor of theology at Zurich (a position originally offered to Strauss). Here Lange ...