Bruno Bauer

Bruno Bauer (German: [baʊɐ]; 6 September 1809 – 13 April 1882) was a German philosopher and theologian. As a student of G. W. F. Hegel, Bauer was a radical Rationalist in philosophy, politics and Biblical criticism. Bauer investigated the sources of the New Testament and, beginning with Hegel's analysis of Christianity's Hellenic as well as Jewish roots, concluded that early Christianity owed more to ancient Greek philosophy (Stoicism) than to Judaism.

Bruno Bauer
Photograph of Bruno Bauer c. 1870
Born6 September 1809
Eisenberg, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Died13 April 1882(1882-04-13) (aged 72)
Rixdorf, Berlin, German Empire
Alma materFriedrich Wilhelm University
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolRationalism
Young Hegelians (early)
Main interests
Theology, politics
Notable ideas
Early Christianity owed more to Stoicism than to Judaism

Bruno Bauer is also known for his association and sharp break with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and for his later association with Max Stirner and Friedrich Nietzsche. Starting in 1840, he began a series of works arguing that Jesus of Nazareth was a 2nd-century fusion of Jewish, Greek, and Roman theology.

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