5+-+David+Friedrich+Strauss

- Stefan and Kali
 * ==== ** David Friedrich Strauß   ** was born on January 27, 1808. ====
 * He is most noted as a critic of conventional Christianity.
 * He scandalized Christian Europe by denying Jesus' divine nature.
 * He wrote //Life of Jesus// where he characterized the miraculous elements of the Bible as being myths.
 *  His other theological writings include //The Christian Doctrine of the Faith// and // The Old Faith and the New. //
 * Some of his opponents characterized his book as "the most pestilential book ever vomited out of the jaws of hell."
 * There was much controversy surrounding his works because he treated the Gospel narrative like any other historical work, and discredited all supernatural elements in the Gospels.
 *  His writings marked a defining moment in the critical study of the life of Jesus.
 * Tragedy struck on the 8th of February 1874 when Strauss fell ill and passed away.