Markus Barth (theologian)

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Markus Barth (born October 6, 1915 in Safenwil ; † July 1, 1994 in Basel ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian , pastor and professor of the New Testament .

Life

The son of the theologian Karl Barth studied theology in Bern , Basel , Berlin , and Edinburgh . He received his doctorate in Göttingen in 1947 and was pastor in Bubendorf BL from 1940 to 1953 . He was professor of New Testament from 1953 to 1955 at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Dubuque (Iowa) (USA), from 1956 to 1963 at the Federated Theological Faculty of the University of Chicago , from 1963 to 1972 at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and from 1973 to 1985 at the University of Basel .

From 1940 Barth was married to Rose Marie Barth-Oswald (1913-1993). The couple had five children.

Act

Barth made significant contributions to Pauline studies and the theology of the New Testament in general and was known for his particular interest in questions of justification , baptism , the Lord's Supper and Christian-Jewish relations . His commentary on the Anchor Bible Commentary series, for which he contributed the volumes of Colossians and Ephesians , also became known.

Barth was instrumental in founding the Karl Barth Society of North America . His father Karl Barth noted, referring to the research of the "learned offspring" on baptism in the introduction to Church Dogmatics IV / 4: "I had to drop the" sacramental "understanding of baptism ... in view of the exegetical evidence ... I had to drop his the main negative basic thesis as such and had to incorporate it into my own mainly positive basic thesis ”.

The Center for Barth Studies curates Markus Barth's literary estate in the archives and special collections of the Princeton Seminary Library.

Publications

Barth wrote works on baptism and the Lord's Supper, Israel and the Church, on the theology of Paul and James, as well as commentaries on the Letter to the Ephesians and the Letter to the Colossians.

Fonts (selection)

  • Israel and the Church in Paul's Letter to the Ephesians. C. Kaiser, Munich 1959.
  • Justification (= Theological Studies 90). EVZ Verlag, Zurich 1969.
    • Justification. Pauline Texts Interpreted in the Light of the Old and New Testament. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids 2006.
  • The Jew Jesus, Israel and the Palestinians . EVZ Verlag, Zurich 1975, ISBN 978-3-290-11357-5 .
    • Jesus and the Jew. John Knox Press, 1978.
  • The People of God. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1983, ISBN 1-59752-852-8 .
  • The Lord's Supper. Communion with Israel, with Christ and among guests. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1987, ISBN 978-3-7887-0796-5 .
  • Ephesians. Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (= Anchor Bible, Vol. 34). Yale University Press 1998, ISBN 0-385-04412-7 and ISBN 0-300-13986-1 (2 volumes).
  • with Helmut Blanke: The Letter to Philemon. A New Translation with Notes and Commentary. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000, ISBN 0-8028-3829-4 .
  • The Broken Wall. A Study of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Regent College Publishing, Vancouver 2002, ISBN 1-57383-229-4 .
  • Israel and the Church. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2005, ISBN 1-59752-262-7 .
  • with Helmut Blanke: Colossians (= The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries). Yale University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-300-13987-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church Dogmatics IV / 4, X f.
  2. ↑ 2018 Markus Barth Symposium. Center for Barth Studies. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Barth, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pastor, evangelical reformed theologian, professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Safenwil
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1994
Place of death Basel