Language:
German
Year of publication:
1987
Titel der Quelle:
Kirche und Israel; Neukirchener theologische Zeitschrift
Angaben zur Quelle:
2,2 (1987) 125-136
Keywords:
Barth, Karl,
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 1945-
;
History
;
Judaism Relations 1945-
;
Christianity
Abstract:
Based on a lecture delivered in Berlin, May 1986. Analyzes Barth's approach to interpretation of the Bible and discusses his understanding of the fate of the Jewish people. Shows that although he leaves aside the anti-Jewish passages of the New Testament and bases his views mainly on Romans 9-11, in which Paul affirms the continuing election of the Jews, Barth sees their existence as the "representation of divine judgment" while the Church represents "divine compassion." This judgment is manifested in the destruction of Jerusalem and in the survival of the Jews as a "chastized, oppressed, suffering, lost, dying, and perishing" people. Suggests that Barth's confessed personal aversion to Jews (which he tried to overcome) as well as his reliance on the anti-Jewish exegesis of the Church Fathers may have led him to misread the text, which emphasizes rather the ultimate salvation of the Jews.
Note:
Appeared also in his "Josephus - Jesusbewegung - Judentum" (2005) 221-232.
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