PHILOSOPHER

Rudolf Bultmann

1884 - 1976

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Rudolf Karl Bultmann (German: [ˈbʊltman]; 20 August 1884 – 30 July 1976) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg. He was one of the major figures of early 20th-century biblical studies. A prominent critic of liberal theology, Bultmann instead argued for an existentialist interpretation of the New Testament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Bultmann has received more than 444,045 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Bultmann is the 312th most popular philosopher (down from 280th in 2019), the 658th most popular biography from Germany (down from 608th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Philosopher.

Rudolf Bultmann is most famous for his work in formulating the "demythologization" of the Bible.

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Over the past year Rudolf Bultmann has had the most page views in the with 49,723 views, followed by German (22,536), and Italian (19,759). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (165.90%), Malagasy (112.77%), and Ukrainian (85.04%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 312 out of 1,267Before him are Robert Nozick, Hwang Jini, Antoine Arnauld, Giovanni Gentile, Félix Guattari, and Carl Gustav Hempel. After him are Ram Mohan Roy, Nicolai Hartmann, Jacobus Arminius, Gemistus Pletho, Judith Butler, and Alfred Schütz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 31Before him are Vincent Auriol, Walther von Reichenau, Lion Feuchtwanger, Emil Jannings, Rajendra Prasad, and Edward Sapir. After him are Leo Frank, Max Beckmann, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Panait Istrati, and Otto Rank. Among people deceased in 1976, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 30Before him are Zhu De, Raymond Queneau, Choe Yong-gon, Trofim Lysenko, Gustav Heinemann, and Alexander Calder. After him are Juscelino Kubitschek, Dalton Trumbo, Benjamin Graham, Lars Onsager, Émile Benveniste, and Anneliese Michel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 658 out of 7,253Before him are Werner Forssmann (1904), Werner Mölders (1913), Andreas Baader (1943), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Gerhard Ertl (1936), and Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949). After him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Werner Sombart (1863), Maurice de Saxe (1696), and Karl Carstens (1914).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Rudolf Bultmann ranks 43Before him are Hans Jonas (1903), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Bruno Bauer (1809), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Franz Brentano (1838), and Carl Gustav Hempel (1905). After him are Rudolf Otto (1869), Moritz Schlick (1882), Moses Hess (1812), Hermann Cohen (1842), David Strauss (1808), and Wilhelm Windelband (1848).