A review of Dustin Resch’s Barth’s Interpretation of the Virgin Birth

16 August, 2013by Jason Goroncy

Advanced access to my review of Dustin Resch’s book, Barth’s Interpretation of the Virgin Birth: A Sign of Mystery, is now available via the Journal of Theological Studies website.

2 thoughts on “A review of Dustin Resch’s Barth’s Interpretation of the Virgin Birth”

Bruce Hamill says:

16 August, 2013 at 11:55 am

Regarding the cyclical style of writing… sounds like it was written by a Barthian

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Jason Goroncy says:

23 August, 2013 at 1:02 pm

@Bruce: ‘What first appears like repetition turns out on closer inspection to function rather like repetition in sonata form. It is [Barth’s] method of alluding to themes previously developed while constantly enriching the score with new ideas … The more one reads Barth, the more one senses that his use of repetition is never pointless. Rather, it serves as a principle of organization and development within an ever forward spiraling theological whole’. – George Hunsinger, How to Read Karl Barth, 28.

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