Carl Christian Clemen (30 March 1865, near Leipzig – 8 July 1940, Bonn), best known as Carl Clemen, was a German theologian and religious historian. 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. He was a critic of the Christ myth theory and refuted the arguments of Arthur Drews, Peter Jensen and other mythicists. He was also critical of the ideas of Anthroposophy and Theosophy. Clemen has approximately six hundred publications. His brothers were art historian

Paul Clemen Paul Clemen (31 October 1866 – 8 July 1947) was a German art historian known in particular for his large inventory of monuments in the Rhineland area, many of which were destroyed or severely damaged in World War II. Clemen was born in Leip ...

and historian Otto Clemen.

Selected publications

;Books *''Die religionsgeschichtliche Methode in der Theologie'' (1904) *''Paulus: Sein Leben und Wirken'' (1904)
''Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung des Neuen Testaments''
(1909) *''Die entstehung des Johannesevangeliums'' (1912) Case, Shirley Jackson. (1913)
''Review: The Johannine Studies of Clemen and B. Weiss''
'' The American Journal of Theology'' 17 (2): 288–291.
''Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources''
(1912) *''Der Einfluss der Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum'' (1913) *''Mysterienreligionen auf das älteste Christentum'' (1913)
''Die griechischen und lateinischen Nachrichten über die persische Religion''
(1920) *''Religionsgeschichtliche Erklärung'' (1924) *''Die Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf Mythologie und Religionsgeschichte'' (1928)
''Religions of the World: Their Nature and Their History''
(1931) *''Die Religion der Etrusker'' (1936) ;Papers *Clemen, Carl. (1905)
''Josephus and Christianity''
''The Biblical World'' 25 (5): 361–375. *Clemen, Carl. (1908)
''Does the Fourth Gospel Depend Upon Pagan Traditions?''
'' The American Journal of Theology'' 12 (4): 529–546. *Clemen, Carl. (1909)
''The Revelation of John''
''The Biblical World'' 34 (2): 91–103. *Clemen, Carl. (1916)
''Buddhistic Influence in the New Testament''
'' The American Journal of Theology'' 20 (4): 536–548.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clemen, Carl 1865 births 1940 deaths Critics of Theosophy German biblical scholars German theologians German historians of religion University of Bonn alumni Writers on Germanic paganism