Language:
English
Year of publication:
2024
Titel der Quelle:
Novum Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
66,1 (2024) 18-37
Keywords:
Philo, Criticism and interpretation
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New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Punishment Religious aspects
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Judaism
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Reward (Jewish theology)
Abstract:
The doctrinal continuum between ancestral merits and rewards and punishments is well established in Second Temple Judaism and is discernible in John 8–9. Following Philo of Alexandria’s questioning of these doctrinal correlates, the Johannine chapters are subjected to a theological-rhetorical analysis focused on the transitional passage (9:1–5). The passage is here seen not as an introduction to a new theme but as corollary to the preceding chapter(s), having a duo-directional significance, linking a two-part refutation of invariably related doctrines: ancestral merits and rewards and punishments. The rejection or refutation of the latter affirms the rejection or refutation of the former, and vice versa. The Johannine chapters in question have a thematic and dialectical connection; they constitute a substantial part of the broader, interrelated polemic of the Fourth Gospel.
DOI:
10.1163/15685365-bja10061
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