Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction 1

Part 1 The Knowledge of the Creator

I The Self-Revelation of the Creator 7

§ 1 The Concept of Revelation

§ 2 The Works of God

II The Failure of Nature 25

III Knowledge Through the Word 41

§ 1 The Nature and Function of the Scriptures

§ 2 Oracula Dei et opera Dei

§ 3 God the Creator

Interlude: Theologia Gloriae aut Cruris? 57

Part 2 The Knowledge of the Redeemer

IV The Doctrine of the Word of God 61

§ 1 The Word in relation to God

§ 2 The Word as Revelation

V The Revelation of the Son of God 70

§ 1 Jesus and Revelation

§ 2 The Revelation of Redemption

VI The Knowledge of Christ 88

§ 1 By Christ-Man to Christ-God

§ 2 The Media of Knowledge

VII The Knowledge of Faith 100

Appendix 117

Bibliography 126

Index 129