Mimesis in John 13: Cloning or Creative Articulation?
Johannine scholarship is divided on whether the mimetic imperative in John 13:15 calls for a literal replication of the footwashing or is a general reference to humble (loving) service. My argument is that for the author mimesis involves primarily the creative, truthful, bodily articulation of the i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2014, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 261-274 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 13
B footwashing imitation John 13 mimesis replication |
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| Summary: | Johannine scholarship is divided on whether the mimetic imperative in John 13:15 calls for a literal replication of the footwashing or is a general reference to humble (loving) service. My argument is that for the author mimesis involves primarily the creative, truthful, bodily articulation of the idea and attitude that lie behind the original act rather than its exact replication. The Johannine concept of mimesis is a hermeneutical process that involves both the understanding of the original act and a resulting mimetic act that creatively but faithfully articulates this understanding. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | In: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341465 |