The crucifixion as "Chaoskampf": a new reading of the Passion narrative in the Synoptic Gospels
The depiction of the events surrounding the crucifixion in the Synoptic Gospels (particularly the darkness and the tearing of the temple curtain) have provoked widely varying responses from New Testament scholars. This article argues that the inclusion of these details in the narrative can be unders...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2003
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Biblica
Year: 2003, Volume: 84, Issue: 1, Pages: 102-107 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Passion
/ Synoptic Gospels
/ Chaos
/ Creation myth
/ Old Testament
/ Intertextuality
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Canavesio, Giovanni Passionsgeschichte
B Synoptic Gospels B Myth |
| Summary: | The depiction of the events surrounding the crucifixion in the Synoptic Gospels (particularly the darkness and the tearing of the temple curtain) have provoked widely varying responses from New Testament scholars. This article argues that the inclusion of these details in the narrative can be understood by reference to the chaoskampf typology of the Old Testament. Here, as elsewhere in the gospels (e.g. Matt 8,23-27; Mark 4,35-41; Luke 8,22-25), Jesus is presented as a creator figure who confronts the powers of chaos. In this instance however, the powers of chaos emerge temporarily triumphant. The old creation is destroyed, paving the way for a renewal of creation with Jesus's resurrection |
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| ISSN: | 0006-0887 |
| Contains: | In: Biblica
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