‘My Father’s Name’: A Survey of Research on the Use of onoma with Respect to the Father in the Fourth Gospel
This essay provides a survey of research for one distinctive feature of the Fourth Gospel, namely, the striking emphasis on ‘name’ (onoma) language used with reference to the Father. The small existing body of research on John’s divine name concept may be situated in the context of a resurgent inter...
| Published in: | Currents in biblical research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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| In: |
Currents in biblical research
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Name of God
/ Idea of God
/ John
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
I am
B divine name B Isaiah B ISAIAH (Biblical prophet) B Tetragrammaton B Targums B Gospel of John B Hypostatic Union B name Angel B Onomastics B Johannine Christology B Narrative Criticism B VIRTUES (Roman religion) B Father B Johannine Theology B God B LAW & gospel |
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| Summary: | This essay provides a survey of research for one distinctive feature of the Fourth Gospel, namely, the striking emphasis on ‘name’ (onoma) language used with reference to the Father. The small existing body of research on John’s divine name concept may be situated in the context of a resurgent interest in the question of ‘God’ in the Fourth Gospel, and alongside broader New Testament research focused on the application of ‘kyrios’ to Jesus or on the divine functions attributed to Jesus’ own name. The research that has focused on John’s use of the divine name may be divided into two groups: there are attempts to identify the background to John’s name concept, including proposals for a Jewish hypostatic name concept, targumic tradition or the text of Isaiah; and studies which analyse John’s name language have sought to locate its meaning within the context of the Gospel itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X15602148 |