Johannine Sabbath Conflicts as Juridical ControversyThere is unanimity among Johannine scholars that one distinctive characteristic of the Fourth Gospel is the fact that the evangelist presents Jesus as caught in long-drawn out juridical confrontations between himself and 'the Jews'. Martin Asiedu-Peprah examines the two Sabbath conflict narratives in the Fourth Gospel from a narrative-critical perspective and thus takes a fresh look at the Johannine juridical metaphor. In doing so, he attempts to pursue a three-fold objective. First, he determines the precise nature of the juridical metaphor used in the two narratives and on the strength of it, he undertakes a critical reading of the texts under study with the view to shedding new light on their meaning. Then he examines the role of this specific juridical metaphor in the two narratives. The question here is: for what purpose and how is this specific juridical metaphor used within the narrative framework of the two narratives? Finally, he explores the historical setting of the two narratives and infers from it the social function the juridical metaphor would have played within the Johannine Sitz im Leben. In the light of his results, Martin Asiedu-Peprah makes an attempt to examine very briefly the entire section of John 5:1-10:42 to see if the presence of the juridical controversy pattern in this section can throw light on one crucial issue in Johannine research, namely, the purpose of the Gospel in its present form. |
Contents
Methodology and Plan of the Research | 8 |
Chapter | 39 |
Chapter Three | 52 |
Healing Account vv 19b | 58 |
Accusation by the Jews vv 9c16 | 66 |
Chapter Four | 117 |
Chapter Five | 184 |
Chapter Six | 212 |
Conclusions | 233 |
Bibliography | 247 |
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Common terms and phrases
accept according to John accusers action aorist Apocalypse of Abraham assertion Barrett Biblical Greek born blind Bovati bring Brown Bultmann C. H. Dodd christological arguments christological claims christological persuasion constitutes controversy between Jesus convince defence controversy discourse divine Eschatologie Evangile expression fact faith in Jesus Father feast Fourth Gospel function God's Gospel according Gospel of John healed man's identity indicates instance interpretation Israel Jewish Jews Johannine Christians Johannine Jesus Johannine Sabbath conflict Johannine scholars Judaism juridical controversy pattern juridical parable juridical procedure life-giving Lindars literary means miracle Moloney Moses narrator narrator's Old Testament ongoing juridical controversy opponents Pancaro perceive persuade Pharisees present context present study Press Re-establishing Justice reader reference refusal response rîb role Sabbath activity Sabbath conflict narratives Sabbath healing Sabbath juridical controversy Sabbath law Sabbath motif Schnackenburg seeks sheep shepherd Sitz im Leben Stibbe Temple testimony truthfulness understanding verb Volume witnesses Yahweh καὶ
References to this book
Dwelling in the Household of God: Johannine Ecclesiology and Spirituality Mary L. Coloe Limited preview - 2007 |
Gospel According to St John: Black's New Testament Commentaries Andrew T. Lincoln No preview available - 2005 |