A Literary and Theological Case for the "Unbeloved" Reading in John 10:29
John 10:29 is a place where text-critical and literary-theological decisions intersect in a complex way. Literary-theological reasoning has driven many interpreters not to choose the ὃ … μεῖζον reading, while the NA editors have preferred this reading for text-critical reasons. The purpose of this s...
| Published in: | Journal of Biblical literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
2020
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 10,29
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| Summary: | John 10:29 is a place where text-critical and literary-theological decisions intersect in a complex way. Literary-theological reasoning has driven many interpreters not to choose the ὃ … μεῖζον reading, while the NA editors have preferred this reading for text-critical reasons. The purpose of this study is not to offer a definitive answer to the text-critical question itself. Rather, I aim to explore the neglected possibilities of how one could make sense of the ὃ … μεῖζον reading—an option unbeloved by several interpreters for literary-theological reasons—in light of literary and theological characteristics of the Fourth Gospel. The central question of the article is, What noun does the enigmatic neuter singular relative pronoun ὃ (“that which”) refer to? The examination of five candidates for the referent demonstrates that the Father's name makes the best sense of the phrase. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1391.2020.8 |