Publisher's Synopsis
Examining Oscar Cullmann's hermeneutics, this work places his approach to biblical interpretation within the broader context of the 20th-century European theological debate. The key players in that debate were Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann and Oscar Cullmann, each reacting against 19th-century liberal theology. The book examines Cullmann's hermeneutics in relation to perspectives of other historical-critical scholars, Roman-Catholic theologians, and proponents of the "new hermeneutic".
