Carl Clemen Explained

Carl Christian Clemen (30 March 1865, near Leipzig – 8 July 1940, Bonn), best known as Carl Clemen, was a German theologian and religious historian.^[1] He was a member of the history of religions school.

Career

Clemen was Professor of New Testament and religious history at the University of Bonn.^[2] He was a critic of the Christ myth theory and refuted the arguments of Arthur Drews, Peter Jensen and other mythicists.^[3] He was also critical of the ideas of Anthroposophy and Theosophy.^[4]

Clemen has approximately six hundred publications.^[5] His brothers were art historian Paul Clemen and historian Otto Clemen.

Selected publications

Books

• Die religionsgeschichtliche Methode in der Theologie (1904)
• Paulus: Sein Leben und Wirken (1904)
• Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung des Neuen Testaments (1909)
• Die entstehung des Johannesevangeliums (1912)^[6]
• Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources (1912)
• Der Einfluss der Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum (1913)
• Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum (1913)
• Die griechischen und lateinischen Nachrichten über die persische Religion (1920)
• Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung (1924)
• Die Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf Mythologie und Religionsgeschichte (1928)
• Religions of the World: Their Nature and Their History (1931)
• Die Religion der Etrusker (1936)

Papers

• Clemen, Carl. (1905). Josephus and Christianity. The Biblical World 25 (5): 361–375.
• Clemen, Carl. (1908). Does the Fourth Gospel Depend Upon Pagan Traditions? The American Journal of Theology 12 (4): 529–546.
• Clemen, Carl. (1909). The Revelation of John. The Biblical World 34 (2): 91–103.
• Clemen, Carl. (1916). Buddhistic Influence in the New Testament. The American Journal of Theology 20 (4): 536–548.

Notes and References

1. Vollmer, U. (2001). Carl Clemen (1865-1940) als Emeritus. Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft. 9 (2): 185–204.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20171031023946/http://www.heidermanns.net/gen-pers.php?ID=38 "Christian Carl Clemen"
3. Anonymous. (1916). Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources by Carl Clemen. The Biblical World 48 (5): 309–310.
4. Clemen, Carl. (1924). Anthroposophy. The Journal of Religion 4 (3): 281–292.
5. http://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/clemen-carl Carl Clemen
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