by Ernest Renan · Newton Compton Editori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879836081
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Vita di Gesù is a work by the French author Ernest Renan, published in 1863. This book caused great controversy in its time due to its historical and critical approach to the life of Jesus. Renan examines the figure of Jesus as a historical character, analyzing his birth, preaching, and death from both a historical and philological perspective. The work was a great success and generated numerous debates about the nature of the figure of Jesus and its impact on the history of Christianity.
Joseph Ernest Renan was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the superiority of white people over other human races.
