Carl Clemen
{{Short description|German theologian and religious historian}}
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Carl Christian Clemen (30 March 1865, near Leipzig – 8 July 1940, Bonn), best known as Carl Clemen, was a German theologian and religious historian.Vollmer, U. (2001). Carl Clemen (1865-1940) als Emeritus. Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft. 9 (2): 185–204. He was a member of the history of religions school.
Career
Clemen was Professor of New Testament and religious history at the University of Bonn.[https://web.archive.org/web/20171031023946/http://www.heidermanns.net/gen-pers.php?ID=38 "Christian Carl Clemen"]. Retrieved 30 October 2017. He was a critic of the Christ myth theory and refuted the arguments of Arthur Drews, Peter Jensen and other mythicists.Anonymous. (1916). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3142813 Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources by Carl Clemen]. The Biblical World 48 (5): 309–310. He was also critical of the ideas of Anthroposophy and Theosophy.Clemen, Carl. (1924). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1195620 Anthroposophy]. The Journal of Religion 4 (3): 281–292.
Clemen has approximately six hundred publications.[http://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/clemen-carl Carl Clemen]. Encyclopedia of Religion. His brothers were art historian Paul Clemen and historian Otto Clemen.
Selected publications
;Books
- Die religionsgeschichtliche Methode in der Theologie (1904)
- Paulus: Sein Leben und Wirken (1904)
- [https://archive.org/details/religionsgeschic00clemuoft Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung des Neuen Testaments] (1909)
- Die entstehung des Johannesevangeliums (1912)Case, Shirley Jackson. (1913). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3154620 Review: The Johannine Studies of Clemen and B. Weiss]. The American Journal of Theology 17 (2): 288–291.
- [https://archive.org/details/primitivechrist00clemuoft Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources] (1912)
- Der Einfluss der Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum (1913)
- Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum (1913)
- [https://archive.org/details/diegriechischenu00clemuoft Die griechischen und lateinischen Nachrichten über die persische Religion] (1920)
- Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung (1924)
- Die Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf Mythologie und Religionsgeschichte (1928)
- [https://archive.org/details/MN40174ucmf_1 Religions of the World: Their Nature and Their History] (1931)
- Die Religion der Etrusker (1936)
;Papers
- Clemen, Carl. (1905). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3149190 Josephus and Christianity]. The Biblical World 25 (5): 361–375.
- Clemen, Carl. (1908). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3155088 Does the Fourth Gospel Depend Upon Pagan Traditions?] The American Journal of Theology 12 (4): 529–546.
- Clemen, Carl. (1909). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3141629 The Revelation of John]. The Biblical World 34 (2): 91–103.
- Clemen, Carl. (1916). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3155550 Buddhistic Influence in the New Testament]. The American Journal of Theology 20 (4): 536–548.
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