Divine Wisdom as Judgment : Reading Biblical Wisdom with Karl Barth /

Divine Wisdom as Judgment : Reading Biblical Wisdom with Karl Barth /

Divine Wisdom as Judgment insists that because the place we come to know God's wisdom is in God's overturning of human wisdom on the cross, the only possible wisdom that remains open to us is faith in this Judge. With attention to a neglected portion of Karl Barth's corpus, the repair...

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Main Author: McCracken, Kyle (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Systematic Theology ; 28.

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Biblical Theology.
Theology and World Christianity.

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1 Why Wisdom?
  • 2 Why Barth?
  • 3 Narrowing Our Scope
  • 4 Outline
  • part 1: Wisdom in Contemporary Theology
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • 2 The Three Wise Men
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 David Ford: Christian Wisdom
  • 3 David Kelsey: Eccentric Existence
  • 4 Paul Fiddes: Seeing the World and Knowing God
  • 5 Concluding Remarks
  • 3 Wisdom in Feminist Theologies
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Elizabeth Johnson: She Who Is
  • 3 Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza: Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet
  • 4 Mary Grey: the Wisdom of Fools?: Seeking Revelation for Today
  • 5 Concluding Remarks
  • part 2: Karl Barth's Doctrine of Divine Wisdom
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • 4 Divine Wisdom as Twofold Justification in Church Dogmatics II.1
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Barth's Key Points in His Justification-Shaped Doctrine of Divine Wisdom
  • 3 The Perfections of God in Barth's Theology
  • 4 Divine Wisdom as Self-Justifying and Justifying Sinners
  • 5 Barth's Use of the Biblical Wisdom Literature
  • 6 Barth's Mature Account of Wisdom in Church Dogmatics IV.3
  • 1 Job in the Context of CD IV.3
  • 2 Divine and Human Freedom in Job
  • 3 The Identity of God in Job
  • 4 Justification in Job
  • 5 Concluding Remarks
  • part 3: Wisdom in Scripture: Testing Barth's Reading
  • Introduction to Part 3
  • 7 Barth, Wisdom Studies, and Natural Theology
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Barth and Wisdom Studies
  • 3 Barth and Natural Theology
  • 8 The Divine Judge in the Book of Proverbs
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Doctrine of the Judge Who Rewards and Punishes
  • 3 The Fear of Yahweh the Judge
  • 4 The Doctrine of the Just Creator
  • 5 Concluding Remarks
  • 9 Divine Predication and Justification in 1 Corinthians 1-2
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 On Barth and 1 Corinthians 1-2
  • 3 The Doctrine of God in Paul
  • 4 Justification in 1 Corinthians 1-2
  • 10 Reading 1 Corinthians 1-2 "Apocalyptically"
  • 1 Defining "Apocalyptic"
  • 2 God's Apocalypsed Wisdom "at the Turn of the Ages"
  • 3 "Wisdom" under Judgment in Corinthian and Cosmic Context
  • 4 Naming God's Wisdom
  • 5 Possessing God's Wisdom? The "Problem" of 2:6-16
  • 6 Excursus: Wisdom and "Particularity"
  • 7 Excursus: Union with Christ
  • 8 Concluding Remarks
  • 11 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.