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Also known as David Friedrich Strauss

German theologian (1808–1874)

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David Friedrich Strauss (1808–1874) was a German philosopher, biographer, and writer. Born in Ludwigsburg, he was a citizen of the Kingdom of Württemberg and later Switzerland. He received his education at the University of Tübingen and the Tübinger Stift. Strauss was a Protestant who wrote in German. He was married to Agnese Schebest and had two children. His relative was Friedrich Heusler.

Strauss’s archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach. He is associated with the significant event known as the Züriputsch. His works have been described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
24

Top works

  • Structurally Deficient
  • Life of Jesus (Vol. 1)
  • Dangerous Shorebreak
  • Footsteps after the Fall
  • Jesus Unleashed My Potential

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1808
Active to
1874
classicalcomposergermangerman composerliedopera

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
17
Total plays
573

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Key facts

Born
David Friedrich Strauss , ( 1808-01-27 ) 27 January 1808 , Ludwigsburg , Kingdom of Württemberg
Died
8 February 1874 (1874-02-08) (aged 66) , Ludwigsburg, German Empire
Spouse
Agnese Schebest (m. 1842–1847)
Alma mater
Tübinger Stift
Academic advisors
Ferdinand Christian Baur , Friedrich Heinrich Kern [ de ] , Adolph Carl August von Eschenmayer
Era
19th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Young Hegelians
Institutions
University of Tübingen, University of Zurich
Main interests
Theology
Notable ideas
Historical Jesus

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Friedrich
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Ludwigsburg
Place of death
Ludwigsburg
Occupation
writer
Educated at
Tübinger Stift
Languages spoken
German
Image
David Friedrich Strauss BW.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
David Friedrich Strauss
date of birth
1808-01-27
date of death
1874-02-08
name in native language
David Friedrich Strauß
writing language
German
Commons Creator page
David Friedrich Strauss
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to David Strauss, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

David Friedrich Strauss (German: Strauß; 27 January 1808 – 8 February 1874) was a German liberal Protestant theologian and writer who influenced Christian Europe with his portrayal of the "historical Jesus", whose divine nature he explored via myth.

Strauss argued that many Gospel narratives are myths, where "myth" means not mere falsity but the imaginative expression of religious truth; however, he rejected orthodox supernatural claims about Jesus and did not simply affirm Jesus' divine nature in the traditional doctrinal sense.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Strauss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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