Suchergebnisse

This contribution addresses some hermeneutical problems related to Karl Barth's Römerbrief II. First, it surveys the role of the unpublished archive materials from the Karl Barth-Archiv, i.e. the commentaries, text additions and corrections Eduard Thurneysen sent to Barth during his work on Römerbrief II. Second, because Barth and Thurneysen allude to a literary character from Dostoevsky, Ivan Karamazov, the problem of an appropriation of literature in theology is discussed. These hermeneutic problems have a deeper theological ground, exemplified in Thurneysen's proposal for an extensive insertion in Barth's commentary on Rom. 8:18, which was entirely adopted by Barth and thus came to function as an integral part of Barth's commentary on Rom. 8:17-18. An appendix lists the extant documents of Thurneysen's intensive occupation with Römerbrief II (commentaries on Barth's manuscript, the galley and paper proofs). These documents are relevant for the genesis and chronology of Römerbrief II and yield important new insights into social, political and intellectual aspects of the Umwelt of early dialectical theology.