Karl Barth (1886-1968), the Swiss Reformed professor and pastor, was once described by Pope Pius XII as the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas. As principal author of The Barmen Declaration, he was the intellectual leader of the German Confessing Church--the Protestant group that resisted the Third Reich. Barths teaching career spanned nearly five decades. Removed from his post at Bonn by the Nazis in late 1934, Barth moved to Basel where he taught until 1962. Among Barths many books, sermons, and essays are The Epistle to the Romans, Humanity of God, Evangelical Theology, and...

By publishing these essays together for the first time, this collection widens access to a number of T. F. Torrances illuminating studies on the history of biblical hermeneutics. Moreover, by detailing Torrances extensive engagement with primary sources, which generally appear only in summary form across his writings, this collection reveals to readers how Torrances own theological hermeneutics were forged through deep fellowship with the communion of the saints.

""An invaluable resource for any serious student of Torrance, bringing together a rich and rewarding collection of his essays....