Johann Rudolf Julius Steck (18 January 1842 – 30 November 1924) was a Swiss reformed theologian and writer. Steck was a pastor of the Reformed Church, Dresden (1867-1881). From 1881 to 1921 he was Professor of Theology at the University of Bern. He was influenced by the writings of

Bruno Bauer Bruno Bauer (; 6 September 180913 April 1882) was a German philosopher and theologian. As a student of G. W. F. Hegel, Bauer was a radical Rationalism, Rationalist in philosophy, politics and Biblical criticism. Bauer investigated the sources of ...

and was a proponent of the Christ myth theory. He believed that the

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...

were a case of second century pseudepigrapha. Steck argued that the Pauline letters were written by a school of people. Prior, Michael. (1995). ''Jesus the Liberator: Nazareth Liberation Theology (Luke 4.16-30)''. Sheffield Academic Press. p. 42. "Rudolf Steck declared Loman to be correct. 'We shall have to get used to the idea that no Apostle wrote anything, any more than Jesus himself did.' The Pauline Letters were written by a school. He concluded that the report in Acts is the fundamental datum for the historical situation."

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*''Der Galaterbrief nach seiner Echtheit untersucht nebst kritischen Bemerkungen zu den Paulinischen Hauptbriefen'' (1888) nquiry into the Genuineness of the Galatians Epistle, and Critical Remarks on the Chief Paulines

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steck, Rudolf 1842 births 1924 deaths Christ myth theory proponents Swiss theologians University of Bern alumni

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