8 The Cross of Wisdom: Ambiguities in Turning Down Apologetics (Paul, Anselm, Barth) Anthony Feneuil There is more than one fool in the Bible, and I would like to start with another fool than Paul’s, but whose legacy in the history of theology (and philosophy) has been equally signi«cant. I want to talk about the fool from Psalms 14 and 53, who dares to say in his heart: “There is no God.” How is the foolishness of this fool (nabal), called in Latin insipiens, and in Greek ἄφρων, related to the foolishness of God (μωρία, in Latin stultitia) in Paul’s epistle? It would certainly be interesting to compare philologically μωρία and ἄφρων, and to determine what version of the psalm Paul could have been reading, 167 This content downloaded from 129.194.8.73 on Sun, 17 Jan 2016 11:07:09 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions