Narrative Criticism of the Religious Authorities as a Group Character in the Gospel of John: Some Problems
Recent narrative critical studies of the religious authorities in the Fourth Gospel have proposed, first, that the term Jews' has only one meaning in the Gospel and, second, that the Jews' and the Pharisees' constitute a single group character. However, when viewed from a different...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Jews
/ Pharisees
/ Authorities
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament HD Early Judaism SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Jews
B religious authorities B Farisaíoi B Narrative Criticism B Ioudaíoi B group character B Pharisees |
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| Summary: | Recent narrative critical studies of the religious authorities in the Fourth Gospel have proposed, first, that the term Jews' has only one meaning in the Gospel and, second, that the Jews' and the Pharisees' constitute a single group character. However, when viewed from a different perspective, the term Jews' can be said to have three different meanings in the Gospel. Moreover, when viewed from this perspective, the various usages exhibit a remarkable consistency, one not evident when all instances are thought to have the same meaning. If only those instances of the Jews' that refer to religious authorities are studied from the point of view of narrative analysis, their character exhibits a great homogeneity but at the same time contrasts consistently with the portrayal of the character of the Pharisees' (together with the chief priests' and rulers'). This article describes eight ways in which the character of the religious authorities is portrayed differently (and in a contrasting manner) in the two sets of terms, thus indicating that not all instances of the term Jews' have the same meaning and that the terms for religious authorities do not constitute a single group character, thus raising substantial questions about the proper method for interpreting these texts within the Gospel. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Narrative Readings of the Religious Authorities in John (2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688516000436 |