“A bomb in the Theologians’ Playground”

Karl Barth’s Letter to the Romans is the theologian’s best-known and most influential work. In any case, it cannot be ignored when examining theological developments in the 20th century. This presentation will focus on where this epoch-making work can be placed between a hermeneutical manifest and classical commentary literature. Of particular interest are the intertextual aspects of Barth’s work, which this paper emphasizes. It examines the structure of Barth’s work and its argumentative framework within the contemporary ideological and cultural context, aiming to help Hungarian readers better understand Barth’s text. The presentation also explains and justifies certain translational decisions.