Language:
German
Year of publication:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Theologische Zeitschrift
Angaben zur Quelle:
58,3 (2002) 221-231
Keywords:
Cullmann, Oscar
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New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
Abstract:
Suggests that although Cullmann (1902-1999, Protestant theologian) did not deal with the subject of anti-Judaism in John, his analysis of the Gospel makes it possible to speculate on what his position would have been. Cullmann argues that the Gospel must be read on two levels: as the story of Jesus and as its repetition in the story of the Johannine community. Jesus' reported harsh words against "the Jews" might accordingly not be Jesus' own, but rather the reaction of the community to its expulsion from the synagogue. Also, Cullmann saw the Johannine community as a marginal Jewish group; thus one could argue that the controversy was intra-Jewish, not anti-Jewish. This is a view shared by most present-day scholars. Reinhartz, however, suggests that the author of the text was not reacting to a supposed Jewish hostility (for which she finds counter-indications), but trying to persuade the community to keep its distance from the Jews; and that although the polemic is that of a Jew against other Jews, it nevertheless is decidedly anti-Jewish.
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