Reading the Gospels with Karl Barth

Edited by

Daniel L. Migliore

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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Published 2017

isbn 978-0-8028-7363-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Karl Barth Conference (2015 : Princeton Theological Seminary), author. | Migliore, Daniel L., 1935– editor. | Princeton Theological Seminary, host institution.

Title: Reading the Gospels with Karl Barth / edited by Daniel L. Migliore.

Description: Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017. | Papers presented at the 2015 Karl Barth Conference, held June 21–24, at Princeton Theological Seminary on the theme of “Karl Barth and the Gospels: Interpreting Gospel Texts.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016049801 | ISBN 9780802873637 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Barth, Karl, 1886–1968—Congresses. | Bible. Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc.—Congresses.

Classification: LCC BX4827.B3 K363 2015 | DDC 226.6/06092—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016049801

To Jürgen Moltmann

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Election of Grace

Barth on the Doctrine of Predestination

jürgen moltmann

2. Revelatory Word or Beloved Son?

Barth on the Johannine Prologue

richard bauckham

3. The Gospel within the Commandment

Barth on the Parable of the Good Samaritan

eric gregory

4. A Rich Disciple?

Barth on the Rich Young Ruler

willie james jennings

5. The Compassion of Jesus Christ

Barth on Matthew 9:36

paul t. nimmo

6. The Journey of God’s Son

Barth and Balthasar on the Parable of the Lost Son

daniel l. migliore

7. Parabolic Retelling and Christological Discourse

Julian of Norwich and Karl Barth on the Parable of the Lost Son

kendall cox

8. The Riddle of Gethsemane

Barth on Jesus’s Agony in the Garden

paul dafydd jones

9. The Passion of God Himself

Barth on Jesus’s Cry of Dereliction

bruce l. mccormack

10. The Self-Witness of the Risen Jesus

Karl Barth’s Reading of the Emmaus Road Story

beverly roberts gaventa

11. The Sum of the Gospel

Barth’s Intracanonical and Intertextual Interpretation of paradidōmi

shannon nicole smythe

12. What’s in Those Lamps?

A Sermon on Matthew 25:1–13

fleming rutledge

Contributors

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects

Index of Scripture References

Acknowledgments

My hearty thanks are extended to all who assisted in planning and organizing the Karl Barth Conference held in Princeton in June 2015. Special thanks go to the staff of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, and above all to its expert and energetic curator, Kait Dugan, and her equally able assistant, Sara Misgen, who together guided every practical and technical aspect of the conference with grace and skill.

Thanks also to Craig Barnes, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, for his strong support ...