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‎Vie de Jesus‎

‎Histoire de la vie de Jésus-Christ.‎

‎Histoire de la vie de Jésus-Christ. P., Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1804, 2 forts vol. in-4, veau blond, dos lisses entièrement décorés de motifs à répétition et d'un motif au centre du dos, pièces de titre et de tomaison noires, plats entièrement ornés de filets dorés encadrant une guirlande florale et un semis de fleurs estampés à froid, dentelle intérieure, tr. dorées, filet et pointillé sur les coupes, coiffes guillochées (rel. de l'ép.), VIII-514 et 534 pp. (SS95) ‎

‎Complet des 75 planches de gravures hors-texte (protégées par des serpentes) d'après les tableaux des plus grands maîtres sous la direction de L. Petit, et de la carte dépliante de La Palestine pour servir à la vie de Jésus Christ par l'auteur. Premier plat du tome 1 avec mors fendu sur 4 cm et du tome 2 sur 9 cm. Infime déchirure à la gravure h.-t. (pp.74/75) sans manque. ‎

‎La Vie de Jésus.‎

‎P., Flammarion, 1936, in-8, cart. (S2B9A) ‎

‎Vie de Jésus.‎

‎P., Arléa, 1992, in-8, br. (S2B9A) ‎

‎La vie de Jésus - Les enseignements du Christ devant les découvertes actuelles , Préface du docteur Béraud‎

‎Editions Dervy Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1958 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur saumon grand In-8 1 vol. - 314 pages‎

‎ 1ere édition Contents, Chapitres : Préface et introduction - 1. Physique de Jésus : La naissance de Jésus - La mission de Jésus - Les enseignements de Jésus - Moyens employés par le Christ pour susciter la foi - Les caractères du Royaume de Dieu - De l'existence du Royaume de Dieu sur la terre - La morale de Jésus - Le péché - Vie et crucifixion de Jésus - 2. La métaphysique chrétienne : Définition de la métaphysique - Les caractères du Royaume de Dieu au ciel - L'éternité de la vie humaine, les enseignements - L'éternité de la vie humaine et la réalité - Dieu, sa structure, ses caractères - Notre métaphysique - Conclusions scientifiques et métaphysiques infimes traces de pliures aux coins de la couverture qui reste en bon état, une petite tache discrete sur le plat supérieur, intérieur propre, papier un peu jauni, quelques traits dans les marges et notes à l'encre sur une dizaine de pages, discret, quelques coins de pages cornés, cela reste un bon exemplaire‎

‎Vie de Jésus. - [PMM 352 - THE HISTORICAL CHRIST]‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Bound totally uncut w. the orig. wrappers, also the back, in a near cont. green marbled cardboardbdg. w. red gilt title- and tome-labels to back. Capitals w. traces of use and back a bit faded, but otherwise nice and solid. Wrappers lightly soiled. Woodcut portrait of Renan inserted as frontispiece (not called for). W. half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). A very nice and clean copy, -only a couple of leaves w. very minor brownspotting. (4), LIX, 462 pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).‎

‎True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus, which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Rare with the original wrappers. Renan's masterpiece, which constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind, but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎