▁criticism . ▁Ernst ▁Ren an ▁( 1 8 2 3 – 1 8 9 2 ) ▁promoted ▁the ▁critical ▁method ▁and ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁orth odox y . ▁Johannes ▁We iss ▁( 1 8 6 3 – 1 9 1 4 ), ▁Wilhelm ▁B ous set ▁( 1 8 6 5 - 1 9 2 0 ), ▁Hermann ▁G unk el ▁( 1 8 6 2 - 1 9 3 2 ), ▁and ▁William ▁W re de ▁were ▁key ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁Relig ions gesch icht liche ▁Schule ▁in ▁Gött ingen ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s . ▁While ▁at ▁Gött ingen , ▁We iss ▁wrote ▁his ▁most ▁influ ential ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁ap oc aly ptic ▁pro clam ations ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁It ▁was ▁left ▁to ▁Albert ▁Schwe itzer ▁( 1 8 7 5 – 1 9 6 5 ) ▁to ▁finish ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁the ▁ap oc aly ptic ▁Jesus ▁and ▁to ▁revolution ize ▁New ▁Testament ▁scholar ship ▁at ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁century . ▁He ▁proved ▁to ▁most ▁of ▁that ▁scholar ly ▁world ▁that ▁Jesus ' ▁teach ings ▁and ▁actions ▁were ▁determined ▁by ▁his ▁ ▁es chat ological ▁out look . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁crit iqu ed ▁the ▁rom antic ized ▁" l ives ▁of ▁Jesus " ▁as ▁built ▁on ▁dub ious ▁assumptions ▁reflect ing ▁more ▁of ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁author ▁than ▁Jesus . ▁ ▁The ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ,