‘Night' and ‘Day' in John 9.4-5: A Reassessment

This article argues that John 9.4-5 should be reanalysed as an appeal parallel to 12.35-6, so that the ‘night … when no one can work' of 9.4 corresponds to the avoidable ‘darkness' of 12.35. Viewed in this manner, ‘night' represents the condemned state of the unbelieving after the dep...

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Autor principal: Mendez, Hugo (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado em: [2015]
Em: New Testament studies
Ano: 2015, Volume: 61, Número: 4, Páginas: 468-481
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão:B Bibel. Johannesevangelium 9,4-5 / Noite / Dia / Metáfora
Classificações IxTheo:HC Novo Testamento
Outras palavras-chave:B Darkness
B Symbolism
B Light
B Johannine
B departure
B Eschatology
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Resumo:This article argues that John 9.4-5 should be reanalysed as an appeal parallel to 12.35-6, so that the ‘night … when no one can work' of 9.4 corresponds to the avoidable ‘darkness' of 12.35. Viewed in this manner, ‘night' represents the condemned state of the unbelieving after the departure of Jesus. Jesus urges his disciples to ‘work the works' of God so that, at the historical onset of ‘night', the Paraclete may mediate a continuing, covert experience of ‘day' within them. That onset, then, marks a critical phase in the eschatological separation of the ‘children of light' from ‘the world'.
ISSN:1469-8145
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688515000223