In this essay I examine the Jewish reception of Karl Barth's theology in Germany of the 1930s. This I do through an analysis of a disputed exploration into the possibilities and limitations of the theological principles of dialectical theology for the formulation of a Jewish theology that took place at the time. The publication of Karl Barth's Romerbrief (1919, 1922) generated a great stir among Christian circles in Germany. Profoundly challenging the fundamental assumptions of liberal theology, Barth's ‘dialectical theology' was quickly recognized as an epoch-making work. But the impact of Barth's theology exceeded its Christian readership. As a corresponding disillusionment of liberal theology in its Jewish version took place among Jews, Barthianism presented itself as a compelling theological model offering a profound rejoinder to the spiritual needs of Jews as well. Yet alongside the recognition of the potentially constructive engagement with Barth's radical thought for a rejuvenated articulation of Jewish theology, Jewish thinkers similarly acknowledged the many challenges and difficulties such a theological encounter implied from a Jewish point of view, thereby projecting their understanding of the Jewish-Christian difference.

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不可能的可能性？两次世界大战期间德国的犹太巴提亚教

在这篇文章中，我考察了 1930 年代德国犹太人对卡尔·巴特神学的接受程度。我通过对辩证神学的神学原则的可能性和局限性的有争议的探索进行分析，以形成当时发生的犹太神学。Karl Barth 的 Romerbrief (1919, 1922) 的出版在德国基督教界引起了极大的轰动。巴特的“辩证神学”深刻地挑战了自由神学的基本假设，很快就被公认为划时代的著作。但是巴特神学的影响超过了它的基督教读者。当犹太人对自由神学的犹太版本出现相应的幻灭时，巴提亚教本身是一个引人注目的神学模型，它也对犹太人的精神需求提出了深刻的反驳。然而，除了承认巴特的激进思想对犹太神学的复兴表达具有潜在的建设性作用外，犹太思想家同样承认从犹太人的角度来看这种神学遭遇所带来的许多挑战和困难，从而投射出他们对犹太人的理解——基督徒的区别。