“While Prof. Pfleiderer is a mere theorist when dealing with records and traditions of supernatural events, he is a skilled and learned critic when he discusses the ordinary experience of a man like St. Paul.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 1: 631. My. 25. 540w. (Review of v. 1.) | |
| Ind. 62: 389. F. 14, ’07. 50w. (Review of v. 1.) | ||
| + | Nation. 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 1.) | |
| Outlook. 85: 96. Ja. 12, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.) |
Pfleiderer, Otto. Religion and historic faiths; tr. from the German by Daniel A. Huebsch. *$1.50. Huebsch.
7–29077.
A series of lectures delivered at the University of Berlin. The author defines the essence of religion, the ethics and science of it and the beginnings of religion; he discusses the Chinese, Egyptian, Babylonian systems, Brahmanism, Buddhism, the religion of the Greeks, and of Israel down to Christianity.
“The brief accounts of the various religions are clear and good. The translation is only fair, clear, but often awkward.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 586. S. 28, ’07. 360w. |
“His just emphasis on the ethical element in the New Testament does not make full amends for an over-emphasis on the legendary.”
| + − | Outlook. 87: 454. O. 26, ’07. 220w. |