Revelation as Dialectical Presence. This model intends to capture the thought of Karl Barth—who is one of the most influential figures of revelation-theology in the twentieth century—and his followers in the school of “dialectical theology”. For Barth, revelation is a “non-objectifiable” encounter with God himself in Christ, an event that is mediated by the Bible and the church’s proclamation about Christ. The Bible itself, however, is not revelation but merely the channel through which revelati