Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Bulletin for Biblical Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
28,3 (2018) 425-446
Keywords:
Jesus
;
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) In the New Testament
;
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Abstract:
The majority of Johannine scholars agree that the Fourth Gospel presents Jesus as fulfilling the temple. This article argues that the Fourth Gospel advances this fulfilment by closely associating Jesus with the heavenly temple more than the earthly. The thesis coheres with many previous studies but furthers the discussion by focusing on how the heavenly temple emphasis interacts with the temple-fulfillment theme. The Johannine Jesus embodied the more transcendent reality of the heavenly temple, and his return to heaven began the eschatological expansion of God's temple presence through the Spirit. This argument is supported by (1) pointing to the pervasive importance placed on the heavenly temple in the first century, (2) examining specific temple-fulfillment texts and consistent motifs/terminology in the Fourth Gospel, and (3) showing how the correlation of Jesus with the heavenly temple better accounts for the post-resurrection fulfillment assumed in the temple-related texts.
DOI:
10.5325/bullbiblrese.28.3.0425
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