How long does it take to read Epistle to the Romans?
Epistle to the Romans by Karl Barth takes about 10 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1932. 547 pages, about 150,425 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Karl Barth's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (Der Romerbrief) first appeared in Germany in 1918, and caused an immediate sensation. A second edition, corrected, enlarged, and reconsidered, followed in 1921, and four others by 1933. The familiar terms "Barthian" and "Barthianism" are an indication of the theological ferment started by the author's doctrine, both on the continent and in Britain and America. This remains a fundamental book book for a full understanding of Barthianism. Its thesis as those confronting Paul, were, at base, the same as those confronting the modern Christian preacher and theologian. Barth's book raises the whole Protestant argument anew in its special relation of the truth of the Bible to culture? What is the preacher to preach? When the translation appeared in 1933 Nazism was just coming to power in Germany. Throughout the Nazi period, and World War II and it's aftermath. Karl Barth from his Swiss homeland was a powerful influence in European and American theology, and as a leader of Christian thought. In 1968, at 82, he is universally honored and respected. The translator, the late Sir Edwin Hoskyns, was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Subjects: Commentaries, Bible, Theology
