Reconsidering Johannine Christianity
A Social Identity Approach
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2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-05328-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-05328-1 (ISBN)
This book presents a full-scale application of social identity approach to the Johannine writings. It 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.
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.
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.
Raimo Hakola is an Academy Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland
1. Introduction 2. Johannine Christianity and the Mediterranean Diaspora 3. The Beginnings of a Tradition: The Relation between the Gospel and the Johannine Epistles 4. Collective Victimhood and Social Identity: The Counsel of Caiaphas Reconsidered (John 11:47–53) 5. Social Identity and the Lures and Threats of Being Similar: John and the Jews Who Believed in Jesus (John 8:31–47) 6. The Burden of Ambiguity: Nicodemus and the Social Identity of the Johannine Christians 7. Conclusion
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.07.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | BibleWorld |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 267 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-05328-7 / 1138053287 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-05328-1 / 9781138053281 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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