Abstracts
Abstract
This article seeks to relate two stories from the field of Historical Jesus Research. The first story tells how the thought of Bernard Lonergan was brought by the work of Ben F. Meyer to influence the work of key figures in Historical Jesus Research (notably J.D.G. Dunn and N.T. Wright –and less directly E.P. Sanders). The second story is that of the redefinition of Historical Jesus Research that is ongoing today in the work of newer scholars (for example, Chris Keith, Jens Schröter, Anthony LeDonne), seeking to surmount the mechanical, over-sceptical criteriology of post-war scholarship and embracing new studies in personal cognition, religious experience and the collective processes of social memory. I ask whether this second story should become a new moment for Lonergan’s thought to exercise a positive influence on New Testament Studies.
Résumé
Cet article cherche à mettre en rapport deux histoires issues des recherches portant sur le Jésus de l’histoire. La première raconte comment, par l’intermédiaire de l’oeuvre de Ben F. Meyer, la pensée de Bernard Lonergan a influencé des chercheurs-clés dans la quête du Jésus de l’histoire (à savoir J.D.G. Dunn and N.T. Wright – et indirectement Ed P. Sanders). Le deuxième récit est celui de la redéfinition de la recherche sur le Jésus Historique par des nouveaux chercheurs (tels que Chris Keith, Jens Schröter, Anthony LeDonne). Cette recherche, toujours en cours, vise à surmonter la critériologie mécanique et trop sceptique des études d’après-guerre, tout en adoptant les travaux scientifiques récents portant sur le cognitif humain, l’expérience religieuse, et les processus collectifs de la mémoire sociale. Se pourrait-il que cette deuxième histoire soit un second moment pour l’influence positive de la pensée de Lonergan sur les études néotestamentaires ? Voilà ma question.
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