Justification: Pauline Texts Interpreted in the Light of the Old and New Testaments

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by  Markus Barth, transl. A . M . Woodruff III

Justification
Jastification
Paaline Text} Interpreted in the Ligl)t of tt>e
Old and Nev Testament^
by
M A R K U S B A R T H
translated by A . M . Woodruff III
Wipf & Stock
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Translated from the German Rechtfertigung (Theologische Studien
90), copyright 1969 by the E V Z Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland. The
same study has appeared in the Analecta Biblica (1970) of the
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.
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Justification
By Barth, Markus
Copyright© 1971 by Barth, Markus
ISBN: 1-59752-850-1
Publication date 8/1/2006
Previously published by William B . Eerdmans Publishing Co. , 1971
Contents
A Note on the Literature 7
Introduction: A Threfold Experiment 1
1. Justification as a juridical act 1
2. The Old Testament as a methodological key 14
3>. Naration with wonder arid admiration 2\
F I V E A S P E C T S O F G O D ' S J U D G M E N T
The First Day. The Last Judgment Is at Hand 25
1. There is but one judge, G o d 25
2. The Gentiles are convicted 27
3. The Jews are condemned 28
4. There are no exceptions 31
5. Is This a Pyrhic victory for G o d ? 3
The Second Day: The Mediator Is Appointed, Acts , and Dies 35
1. The advocate is apointed 35
2. Jesus Christ comes, demonstrating
faithfulnes to G o d and men 38
3. He confeses man's sin and reveals his predicament 40
4. He intercedes, and his intercesion becomes a sacrifice 42
5. The advocate is alowed to die ignominiously 45
Interlude: Black Thoughts About the Death 49
The Third Day: The Judge's Love and Power Reverse Death 51
1. G o d raises up the advocate 51
2. The Father proves faithful to the Son 53
3. Christ's mediating work is justified and confirmed 54
4. The resurection is felt al over the world 5
5. Condemned men are raised with Christ 56
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J U S T I F I C A T I O N
The Fourth Day: The Verdict Is Carried Out
1. Right has might, as the Spirit demonstrates
2. judgment becomes gospel and
constables become apostles
3. The Judge receives praise, which is faith
4. Faith takes form in community and love,
in confession and joy
5. The Judgment is celebrated
in baptism and the Lord's supper
The Fifth Day: The Last Day Is Still to C o m e
1. The Judgment will be in the hands of Jesus C h
2. Heaven and earth will be created anew
3. Man himself will be revealed and glorified
Indexes
A Rote on the Literature
In addition to dictionary and wordbook articles on justice, righ-
teousness, judgment, justification, and the like, the following litera-
ture has proved to be especially important for this study:
Barth, Karl. "Church and State ," in Community, State, and Church:
Three Essays (pp. 101-49). New York : Doubleday (Anchor),
1960.
. Church Dogmatics (Vol. IV , Part I, paragraph 61). Edinburgh:
T . & T . Clark, 1956.
Bligh, J . Galatians (esp. pp. 197-224). London: S t Paul Publications,
1969.
Bornkamm, G . "Die Frage nach der Gerechtigkeit Go t t e s , " in Das
Ende des Gesetzes (pp. 196ff.). Munich: Chr. Kaiser Verlag,
1952.
Braun, H . Gerichtsgedanke und Rechtfertigung bei Paulus. Leipzig:
J . C . Hinrichs, 1930.
Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament (Vol. II, pp.
270ff.). New York : Scribners, 1955.
. "Zur Auslegung von Gal . 2, 15-18," in Ecclesia semper refor-
mando (special issue of Evangelische Theologie for E . Wolf,
1952, pp. 41 ff.) .
. "Dikaiosyne Theou," Journal of Biblical Literature, L X X X I I 1
(1964), 12ff.
Cambier, J . L'évangile de Dieu selon l'épftre aux Romains, V o l . I
{Studio Neotestamentica 3). Louvain: Desclée de Brouwer,
1967.
Dantine, W. Die Gerechtmachung des Gottlosen. Munich: Chr. Kai-
ser Verlag, 1959.
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J U S T I F I C A T I O N
. "Die Rechtfertigungslehre als Aufgabe der gegenwärtigen
systematischen Arbeit ," Evangelische Theologie, X X I I I (1963),
245ff.
Descamps, A . Les Justes et la justice (pp. 273ff .) . Gembloux:
Editions J . Duculot, S .A . , 1950.
Dodd, C . H . The Bible and the Greeks (2d ed., pp. 42ff.) . London:
Hodder and Stoughton, 1935.
Iwand, H . Rechtfertigungslehre und Christusglaube (3d ed.; Theolo-
gische Bücherei 14). Munich: Chr. Kaiser Verlag, 1966.
Jepsen, A . "Zdq und Zdqh im Alten Testament," in Gottes Wort
und Gottes Land (Festschrift for H . W. Hertzberg, ed. H . Re-
ventlow), pp. 367ff. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht,
1965.
Jeremias, J . The Central Message of the New Testament (pp. 51-70).
New York : Scribners, 1965.
Johnson, S . "Paul and I Q S , " Harvard Theological Review, C X V I I I
(1955), 157ff.
Kasemann, E. " G o d ' s Righteousness in Paul," in The Bultmann
School of Biblical Interpretation: New Directions? (Vol. 1 of
Journal for Theology and the Church, pp. 100ff.) . New Y o r k :
Harper, 1965.
Kertelge, K. Rechtfertigung bei Paulus. Münster: Aschendorff, 1967.
Koch, K. SDQ im AT. Dissertation for the University of Heidelberg,
1953.
Küng, Hans. Justification. New Y o r k : Nelson, 1964.
Lyonnet, S. "Justification, Judgement, Redemption," in Littérature
et théologie paufiniennes (pp. 166ff.). Louvain: Desclee de
Brouwer, 1960.
Müller, C . Gottes Gerechtigkeit und Gottes Volk. Göttingen: Van-
denhoeck und Ruprecht, 1964.
von Rad, G . Theology of the Old Testament ( V o l . I, pp. 370ff.,
383ff.). New York : Harper, 1962.
Rupp, G . The Righteousness of God. New Y o r k : Philosophical
Library, 1953.
Schulz, S. "Zur Rechtfertigung aus Gnaden in Qumran und bei
Paul i s , " Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche, L V I (1959),
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Schmid, H . H . Gerechtigkeit als Weltordnung. Tübingen: J . C . B.
Mohr, 1968.
Snaith, N . H . The Distinctive Ideas of the Old Testament (pp.
161ff.). London: Epworth, 1953.
Stuhlmacher, P. Gerechtigkeit Gottes bei Paulus. Gött ingen: Van-
denhoeck und Ruprecht, 1965.
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