Excerpt from Introduction to the Life of Christ
A few years ago I prepared a Guide to the Lives of Christ for English Readers. Its purpose was to give a general view of the course of modern thought concern ing the life of Christ, and especially a brief description of each of the more important Lives, written in Eng lish or accessible in translation. The need of some such guide for the inexperienced student is evident, when one realizes how many Lives of Christ, written from various stand-points and differing greatly in scholarship, are presented for his choice. This work is now out of print; so I have added it, somewhat condensed and brought down to date, as an Appendix to the present volume.
If this book shall furnish to my students an intro duction to the broad and fascinating fields of Gospel criticism, I shall be satisfied. If it shall be of service to others who may wish to know what these fields contain, I shall be greatly pleased.
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