▁discuss es ▁the ▁historical ▁study ▁of ▁each ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁Bible . ▁Instead ▁of ▁interpre ting ▁the ▁Bible ▁histor ically , ▁Johann ▁Gott fried ▁E ich horn ▁( 1 7 5 2 – 1 8 2 7 ), ▁Johann ▁Philipp ▁Gab ler ▁( 1 7 5 3 – 1 8 2 6 ), ▁and ▁Georg ▁Lor enz ▁B auer ▁( 1 7 5 5 – 1 8 0 6 ) ▁took ▁a ▁different ▁approach . ▁They ▁used ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁myth ▁as ▁a ▁tool ▁for ▁interpre ting ▁the ▁Bible . ▁Rudolf ▁B ult mann ▁later ▁picked ▁up ▁this ▁approach , ▁and ▁it ▁became ▁particularly ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁early - tw enti eth ▁century . ▁ ▁The ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁The olog ians ▁Richard ▁and ▁K end all ▁Sou len ▁say ▁bib lic al ▁criticism ▁reached ▁full ▁flower ▁in ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁becoming ▁the ▁" major ▁transform ing ▁fact ▁of ▁bib lic al ▁studies ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁period ". ▁They ▁note ▁that ▁the ▁people ▁working ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁" s aw ▁themselves ▁as ▁continu ing ▁the ▁a ims ▁of ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Re formation ". ▁Land marks ▁in ▁understanding ▁the ▁Bible ▁and ▁its ▁background ▁occurred ▁during ▁this ▁century , ▁with ▁many ▁modern ▁concepts ▁having ▁their ▁roots ▁here . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁the olog ian ▁Ferdinand ▁Christian ▁Ba ur ▁( 1 7 9 2 – 1 8 6 0 ) ▁post ulated ▁a ▁sharp