Truth. Bultmann, Heidegger and the challenge of demythologization

Abstract

This article aims to demonstrate that Bultmann’s demythologisation efforts are not sparked by the historical context determined by science and technic, but rooted more deeply into a unique concept of truth – one which is at play in the Old Testament. Since this concept cannot be reduced to scientific objectivity or philosophical elucidation, the idea whereby demythologisation is a theological transposition of Heideggerian destruction is called into question.