Re: [asa] The Barr quote

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:59 AM, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Murray, thanks for this thorough review. You quoted Barr as follows:
> "This is so because, if we are to ask what the Bible 'properly' is, as
> distinct from 'transferred' terms like 'the Word of God', we would have to
> say, as I wrote long ago, not revelation coming from God to humanity but the
> Church's (properly: Israel's and, later, the Church's) response to and
> interpretation of that revelation."
>
> I respond: clearly, I need to know more about Barr than I do. Is Barr
> here taking essentially a post-Barthian neoorthodox view of revelation?
>

It sure passes the duck test except I believe Barth would call the church's
"response and interpretation of that revelation" to be revelation. In that
sense, Barr appears to go beyond Barth. Any theologians care to comment
here?

Rich Blinne
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Received on Mon May 19 10:59:26 2008