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Important Contribution(s) of Different Scholars to the Field of Biblical Studies - Essay Example 4 Cullmann was among the most influential in reformed Biblical theology and his studies on the New Testament eschatology and Christology led him to suggest a position of heilsgeschichte; redemptive history over the common positions of C.H Dodd and Albert Schweitzer. Redemptive history connotes that â€Å"With the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the eschaton has already began as the presence of the congregation of glory is defined by the power of redemption†¦.† His important contributions to the New Testament studies include titles like â€Å"The Immortality of the Soul or the Resurrection of the body?†, 5 â€Å"The Christology of the New Testament†, â€Å"Early Christian Worship†, â€Å"Salvation and History†, â€Å"Early Christian Worship† but to mention a few. In â€Å"Christ and Time†, he defended claims that New Testament only refers to time as being linear that is yesterday, today and tomorrow and that no philosophy should try and mix other forms of time not mentioned therein. This led him to write an article â€Å"The Immortality of the Soul or the Resurrection of the body?† in which he showed that the widespread attribution of â€Å"the resurrection of the soul† to primitive Christianity was plausible and that this was rather associated with Greek mythology. 6His article further attributed death to the wages of sin and as the last enemy. He presented Jesus Christ as the first born from death and proceeded to presented the death as those who sleep. This article led to a lot of controversy especially in some protestant churches but at the same time received support mainly from Adventist Churches.7 Cullmann in his book â€Å"The Christology of the New Testament† established a balance in the New Testament data regarding the life and work of Jesus Christ. 8This he achieved by remaining as faithful as possible to the New Testament depiction of Jesus Christ. This