John 15.14 and the PhIL- Lexeme in Light of Numismatic Evidence: Friendship or Obedience?
Commentators regularly note the alleged tension in John 15 between ‘friendship’ and ‘obedience’. This article employs numismatic inscriptional evidence to explore the ΦΙΛ- lexeme and more carefully denote the semantic domains of relevant terminology. This analysis confirms that no such tension exist...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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New Testament studies
Jahr: 2018, Band: 64, Heft: 1, Seiten: 33-43 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bibel. Johannesevangelium 15,14
/ Griechisch
/ Substantiv
/ philos
/ Freundschaft
/ Gehorsam
/ Römisches Reich
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| IxTheo Notationen: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CH Christentum und Gesellschaft HC Neues Testament |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Roman coins
B Friendship B Lexicography B friend of Caesar B John 15.14 B Numismatics |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Commentators regularly note the alleged tension in John 15 between ‘friendship’ and ‘obedience’. This article employs numismatic inscriptional evidence to explore the ΦΙΛ- lexeme and more carefully denote the semantic domains of relevant terminology. This analysis confirms that no such tension exists within the socio-political context in which the Gospel was written. The inclusion of specific political terminology on Roman coins (for example, ΦΙΛΙΑ; ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ; ΦΙΛΟΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ; ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΣ; ΦΙΛΟΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΝ) was one way in which elite concepts of political friendship, evidenced in Cicero and Seneca, were communicated to the masses. In light of the numismatic evidence, the ΦΙΛ- lexeme can refer not only to the emotional bond of friendship, but also the dimension of obligation. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688517000285 |