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ISBN 10: 1-59244-250-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-59244-250-8
Pages: 176
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 06/03/2003
Street Date: 06/03/2003
Division: Wipf and Stock
Category: Biblical studies
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Witness to the Word
A Commentary on John 1
By Karl Barth
Edited by Walther Fuerst
Karl Barth's lectures on the first chapter of the Gospel of John, delivered at Muenster in 1925-26 and at Bonn in 1933, came at an important time in his life, when he was turning his attention more fully to dogmatics. Theological interpretation was thus his primary concern, especially the relation between revelation and the witness to revelation, which helped to shape his formulation of the role of the written (and spoken) word vis-a-vis the incarnate Word.
The text is divided into three sections - John 1:1-18, 19-34, 35-51, with the largest share of the book devoted to the first section. Each section begins with Barth's own translation, followed by verse-by -verse and phrase-by-phrase commentary on the Greek text. Although Barth's interpretation is decidedly theological, he does take up questions of philology and textual criticism more thoroughly than in his other works.
Much has happened in Johannine scholarship since these lectures were first delivered, yet they remain valuable today - 100 years after Barth's birth - both for their insights into the gospel and into Karl Barth.
Author - Karl Barth
Editor - Walther Fuerst
Geoffrey W. Bromiley
"'Witness to the Word' is an important exposition in its own right, as well as a clue to Barth's development as a theologian. I was struck, first, by Barth's meticulous attention to exegetical detail, in dialogue with the best available scholarship; and, second, by the foundational character of this exposition for the doctrine of the Word of God he developed later in his 'Dogmatics.'"
John D. Godsey, Wesley Theological Seminary
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