Crucified and Resurrected

Restructuring the Grammar of Christology

Ingolf U. Dalferth

Translated by Jo Bennett

a division of Baker Publishing Group

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Originally published as Der auferweckte Gekreuzigte

© 1994 by J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen. All rights reserved.

English translation © 2015 by Ingolf U. Dalferth

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dalferth, Ingolf U.

[Auferweckte Gekreuzigte. English]

Crucified and resurrected : restructuring the grammar of Christology / Ingolf U. Dalferth ; translated by Jo Bennett.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8010-9754-6 (pbk.)

1. Theology, Doctrinal. 2. Jesus Christ—Person and offices. I. Title.

BT78.D25913 2015

232—dc23

2015025073

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To Eberhard Jüngel

Contents

Translator’s Preface

Preface to the 2015 English Edition

Preface to the 1993 German Edition

Abbreviations

1. Incarnation: The Myth of God Incarnate

2. Cross and Resurrection: The Word of the Cross

3. Jesus Christ: Fundamental Problems in Constructing a Christology

4. Trinity: The Theological Relevance of the Cross for the Idea of God

5. Atoning Sacrifice: The Salvific Significance of the Death of Jesus

Modern Author Index

Subject Index

Translator’s Preface

“The task of translating a German theological work is never quite straightforward,” wrote Sir Edwin Hoskyns in the preface to his 1933 translation of Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans. Perhaps I may be allowed to echo his magnificent understatement.

Despite the complexity of the task, it has been a privilege to have been invited to translate Professor Dalferth’s scholarly, carefully argued, and deeply interesting work. I have gained much personal benefit from dealing with his theological thinking on a daily basis and am convinced that this text fully merits introduction to a wider, English-reading audience. In undertaking the task, I have sought to retain a balance between conscientious translation of Dalferth’s argumentation and the need for the English version to be read with fluency and enjoyment.

The issue of gender is one that may not have confronted Hoskyns but ...