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The Beloved Disciple in Conflict?

Author : Ismo Dunderberg
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191536441

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The Beloved Disciple in Conflict? by Ismo Dunderberg Pdf

Was the Gospel of John written in critical response to the Gospel of Thomas, an early collection of Jesus's sayings? Or was it directed to the Christians among whom Thomas originated? Ismo Dunderberg challenges these views, arguing that the two gospels were written at about the same time but without knowledge of each other. He also offers a thorough discussion of the identity and functions of the enigmatic Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John, throwing new light on this figure by comparing it to other `beloved' disciples of Jesus in early Christian literature. This part of Dunderberg's analysis also helps to evaluate the portrayal of Judas in the recently published Gospel of Judas, although this text was not yet available, when this study was completed.

The Beloved Disciple in Conflict?

Author : Ismo Dunderberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199284962

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The Beloved Disciple in Conflict? by Ismo Dunderberg Pdf

Could it be that the Gospel of John was written in response to the Gospel of Thomas, an early collection of Jesus's sayings? Or was the enigmatic Beloved Disciple in John's Gospel in fact Thomas? Ismo Dunderberg provides a critical examination of these theories.

The Community of the Beloved Disciple

Author : Raymond Edward Brown
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809121743

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The Community of the Beloved Disciple by Raymond Edward Brown Pdf

"This study in Johannine ecclesiology reconstructs the history of one Christian community in the first century -- a community whose life from its inception to its last hour is reflected in the Gospel and Epistles of John. It was a community that struggled with the world, with the Jews, and with other Christians. Eventually the struggle spread even to its own ranks. It was, in short, a community not unlike the Church of today. This book offers a different view of the traditional Johannine eagle. In the Gospel the eagle soars above the earth, but with talons bared for the fray. In the Epistles we discover the eaglets tearing at each other for possession of the nest" -- Back cover.

Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity

Author : Ismo Dunderberg,Christopher Tuckett,Kari Syreeni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004268210

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Fair Play: Diversity and Conflicts in Early Christianity by Ismo Dunderberg,Christopher Tuckett,Kari Syreeni Pdf

This collection of essays in honour of Heikki Räisänen, New Testament professor at the University of Helsinki, consists of 22 essays written by his colleagues and students on Jesus, the gospels, Paul, early Christianity, and biblical interpretation. Räisänen's own research has been characterized by methodological awareness combined with a keen interest in ethical issues. Both these aspects come to expression in his insistence on "fair play" as a correct scholarly attitude involving an honest dialogue, a real encounter, and a recognition of diverging opinions. In this spirit, most of the essays in this book lay emphasis on issues related to early Christian diversity and conflicts, and to their challenge in modern society. The book is useful for scholars, academic teachers and students interested in various aspects of the New Testament, early Christianity, and hermeneutics.

John and Thomas—Gospels in Conflict?

Author : Christopher W. Skinner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725244887

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John and Thomas—Gospels in Conflict? by Christopher W. Skinner Pdf

The hypothesis that the Fourth Gospel is a theological response to the Gospel of Thomas is a recent development in the study of the New Testament and early Christianity. Assuming an early date for the Gospel of Thomas, the proponents of this hypothesis argue that the supposed "polemical" presentation of Thomas in the Fourth Gospel is evidence of a conflict between the early communities associated respectively with John and Thomas. However, a detailed narrative study reveals that the Fourth Gospel portrays a host of characters--disciples and non-disciples--in an equally unflattering light where an understanding of Jesus's origins, message, and mission are concerned. The present study attempts to demonstrate that the Fourth Gospel's presentation of Thomas is part and parcel of its treatment of "uncomprehending" characters. If this thesis is correct, it poses a significant challenge to the assumption that the Fourth Gospel contains a polemic against Thomas, or that it was written in response to the Gospel of Thomas or the community associated with Thomas.

Befriending The Beloved Disciple

Author : Adele Reinhartz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441125224

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Befriending The Beloved Disciple by Adele Reinhartz Pdf

Adele Reinhartz has been studying and teaching the Gospel of John for many years. Earlier, she chose to ignore the love/hate relationship that the book provokes in her, a Jew, and took refuge in an "objective" historical-critical approach. At this stage her relationship to the Gospel was not so much a friendship as a business relationship. No longer willing to ignore the negative portrayal of Jews and Judaism in the text, nor the insight that her own Jewish identity inevitably does play a role in her work as an exegete, Reinhartz here explores the Fourth Gospel through the approach known as "ethical criticism," which is based on the metaphorical notion of the book as "friend"--not "an easy, unquestioning companionship," but the kind of honest relationship in which ethical considerations are addressed, not avoided. In a book as multilayered as the Gospel itself, Reinhartz engages in 4 different "readings" of the Fourth Gospel: compliant, resistant, sympathetic, and engaged. Each approach views the Beloved Disciple differently: as mentor, opponent, colleague, and as "other." In the course of each of these readings, she elucidates the three narrative levels that interpenetrate the Gospel: the historical, the cosmological, and the ecclesiological. In the latter, Reinhartz deals at length with the so-called expulsion theory, the dominant scholarly notion that the Johannine community, which included believers of Jewish, Gentile, and Samaritan origins, engaged in a prolonged and violent controversy with the local Jewish community, culminating in a "traumatic expulsion from the synagogue."

Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John

Author : Andrew J. Byers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781107178601

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Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John by Andrew J. Byers Pdf

John's Gospel directs attention to the vision of community. Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology.

Peter and the Beloved Disciple

Author : Kevin Quast
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850752172

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Peter and the Beloved Disciple by Kevin Quast Pdf

The common supposition that the Fourth Gospel presents a rivalry between Peter and the Beloved Disciple, in which Peter is subordinated to the hero of the Johannine Community, is here subjected to fresh scrutiny. After establishing working hypotheses regarding the Johannine Community and the function of representative figures in the Fourth Gospel, the author first examines the function of Peter independently of the Beloved Disciple. Here, he is the exemplary leader of 'the Twelve'. In those passages where the two characters are juxtaposed, it is evident that the Beloved Disciple is not inordinately exalted above Peter, who in fact enjoys a comparable status. Peter and the Beloved Disciple have complementary roles to play in relation to Jesus and his unfolding 'hour'. John 20 shows the Beloved Disciple as the example of a true believing disciple of Jesus, while concerned to give appropriate respect and support to the 'Apostolic' stream of traditions associated with Peter. The Gospel appendix, ch. 21, is concerned to hold together both sorts of traditions and allegiances. Finally, the author shows how the Gospel as a whole works coherently to encourage a wider view of Christian 'intercommunity' unity after the death of the Beloved Disciple.

The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple

Author : Richard Bauckham
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801034855

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The Testimony of the Beloved Disciple by Richard Bauckham Pdf

A leading New Testament scholar explores key issues in the Gospel of John.

International Review of Biblical Studies

Author : BRILL ACADEMIC PUB,Bernhard Lang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004155831

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International Review of Biblical Studies by BRILL ACADEMIC PUB,Bernhard Lang Pdf

Formerly known by its subtitle "Internationale Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete", the International Review of Biblical Studies has served the scholarly community ever since its inception in the early 1950's. Each annual volume includes approximately 2,000 abstracts and summaries of articles and books that deal with the Bible and related literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, Non-canonical gospels, and ancient Near Eastern writings. The abstracts - which may be in English, German, or French - are arranged thematically under headings such as e.g. "Genesis", "Matthew", "Greek language", "text and textual criticism", "exegetical methods and approaches", "biblical theology", "social and religious institutions", "biblical personalities", "history of Israel and early Judaism", and so on. The articles and books that are abstracted and reviewed are collected annually by an international team of collaborators from over 300 of the most important periodicals and book series in the fields covered.

Gnostic Morality Revisited

Author : Ismo Dunderberg
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161525671

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Gnostic Morality Revisited by Ismo Dunderberg Pdf

While the early Christian texts discussed in this book are often treated as "gnostic" ones, they are here approached as witnesses to the views of educated Christians engaged in dialogue with philosophical traditions. Following the idea that ancient philosophical schools provided their adherents with ways of life, Ismo Dunderberg explores issues related to morality and lifestyle in non-canonical gospels and among groups that were gradually denounced as heretical in the church. He deals with the soul's progress from material concerns to a life dominated by spirit, the control of emotions, the avoidance of luxury, the ideal "perfect human" as a tool in moral instruction, classifications of humankind into distinct groups based on their moral advancement, and Christian debates about the value of martyrdom. In addition, he offers a critical review of some recent trends and attitudes in New Testament scholarship.

The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene

Author : Jane Schaberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441141750

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The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene by Jane Schaberg Pdf

The controversy surrounding Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code has intensified interest in Mary Magdalene and Jane Schaberg provides an authoritative source for a deeper understanding and re-assessment of this popular figure. Within a progressive feminist framework, The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene approaches Christian Testament sources through analysis of legend, archaeology, and gnostic/apocryphal traditions. This is the story of the suppression and distortion of a powerful woman leader - Schaberg presents Mary Magdalene as successor to Jesus in a challenging alternative to the Petrine primacy.

Seeking the Imperishable Treasure

Author : Steven R Johnson
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227903469

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Seeking the Imperishable Treasure by Steven R Johnson Pdf

This book tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities and identifies six different versions of the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles, as well as the Gospel of Thomas and Q. After tracing the tradition and redaction history of this wisdom admonition, the author observes at least two distinctly different wisdom themes that are applied to the saying: the proper disposition of wealth and the search for knowledge, wisdom, or God. What he discovers is a saying of Jesus with roots in Jewish wisdom and pietistic traditions, as well as popular Greek philosophy that proved amazingly adaptable in its application to differing social and rhetorical contexts of the first century.

Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity

Author : Jitse Dijkstra,Justin Kroesen,Yme Kuiper
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004193659

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Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity by Jitse Dijkstra,Justin Kroesen,Yme Kuiper Pdf

This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer consists of a variety of contributions offering a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions both past and present, thus reflecting the nature of the scholarship of Bremmer himself.

Reconsidering Johannine Christianity

Author : Raimo Hakola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317436577

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Reconsidering Johannine Christianity by Raimo Hakola Pdf

Reconsidering Johannine Christianity presents a full-scale application of social identity approach to the Johannine writings. This book reconsiders a widely held scholarly assumption that the writings commonly taken to represent Johannine Christianity – the Gospel of John and the First, Second and Third Epistles of John – reflect the situation of an introverted early Christian group. It claims that dualistic polarities appearing in these texts should be taken as attempts to construct a secure social identity, not as evidence of social isolation. While some scholars (most notably, Richard Bauckham) have argued that the New Testament gospels were not addressed to specific early Christian communities but to all Christians, this book proposes that we should take different branches of early Christianity, not as localized and closed groups, but as imagined communities that envision distinct early Christian identities. It also reassesses the scholarly consensus according to which the Johannine Epistles presuppose and build upon the finished version of the Fourth Gospel and argues that the Johannine tradition, already in its initial stages, was diverse.