Christ and Adam: Man and Humanity in Romans 5
Overview
In this essay, Barth discusses the relationship between Christ and Adam as understood by Paul. Moving beyond traditional exegetical and theological scholarship done on Romans 5, Barth offers an entirely new interpretation of the concept of humanity presented in Paul’s view of the Christ-Adam relationship. A valuable contribution to the interpretation of Romans 5, ‘Christ and Adam’ is also an example of Barth’s exegetical method and provides insight into his broader theological project.
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Key Features
- Featues a key title from Karl Barth
- Examines an important topic from a Reformed twentieth-century perspective
- Provides biblical exegesis combined with deep concern for theological orthodoxy'
Top Highlights
“Death is not so much God’s direct reaction against man’s sin; it is rather God’s abandoning of the men who have abandoned Him.” (Page 29)
“In believing in Him they are acknowledging that when He died and rose again, they, too, died and rose again in Him, and that, from now on, their life, in its essentials, can only be a copy and image of His. It is He who is God’s love toward them, and when this love of God is poured forth in their hearts through the Holy Spirit, that can only mean that He is in them and they in Him—and that happens quite independently of any prior love toward God from their side.” (Page 13)
“The result of sin is to destroy human nature, the result of grace is to restore it, so that it is obvious that sin is subordinate to grace, and that it is grace that has the last word about the true nature of man.” (Page 31)
“It was inevitable that God’s chosen people, to whom He gave the Law, should achieve nothing but the final and absolute pleonazein (abounding) of the sinfulness of man.” (Page 58)
“Paul does not go to Adam to see how he is connected with Christ; he goes to Christ to see how He is connected with Adam” (Pages 34–35)
- Title: Christ and Adam: Man and Humanity in Romans 5
- Author: Karl Barth
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Romans 5 › Theology; Theological anthropology › Christianity--Biblical teaching
- ISBNs: 9781592446391, 1592446396
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRISTANDADAM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:39:21Z
Karl Barth (May 10, 1886–December 10, 1968) was a twentieth-century Swiss theologian in the Reformed tradition. A vigorous opponent of theological liberalism and modernism, he is sometimes called “the Father of Neo-Orthodoxy.”
