Karl Barth and the Fifth Gospel

Name: Karl Barth and the Fifth Gospel
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Today\u2019s biblical scholars and dogmaticians are giving a significant amount of attention to the topic of theological exegesis. A resource turned to for guidance and insight in this discussion is the history of interpretation, and Karl Barth\u2019s voice registers loudly as a helpful model for engaging Scripture and its subject matter. Most readers of Barth\u2019s theological exegesis encounter him on the level of his New Testament exegesis. This is understandable from several different vantage points. Unfortunately, Barth\u2019s theological exegesis of the Old Testament has not received the attention it deserves. This book seeks to fill this lacuna as it encounters Barth\u2019s theological exegesis of Isaiah in the Church Dogmatics. From the Church\u2019s inception, Isaiah has been understood as Christian Scripture. In the Church Dogmatics we find Barth reading Isaiah in multi-functional and multi-layered ways as he seeks to hear Isaiah as a living witness to God\u2019s triune re.