Marcionism and Luke 3:22: An “Orthodox Corruption” Reconsidered
One of the most intriguing textual variants in the New Testament occurs at Luke 3:22, the scene depicting the heavenly voice at Jesus’s baptism. This particular variant has broad consequences for how scholars understand the place of Luke’s Gospel within the Christological controversies that dominate...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-43 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Lukasevangelium 3,22
/ Textual criticism
/ Marcion, Sinopensis ca. 2. Jh.
/ Gnosis
/ Church
/ Christology
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| IxTheo Classification: | BF Gnosticism HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Marcionism
B Christology B Early Christianity B Gospel of Luke B Text Criticism |
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| Summary: | One of the most intriguing textual variants in the New Testament occurs at Luke 3:22, the scene depicting the heavenly voice at Jesus’s baptism. This particular variant has broad consequences for how scholars understand the place of Luke’s Gospel within the Christological controversies that dominated the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Considering external, intrinsic, and transcriptional evidence, this article argues that perceived fears about Marcionism in proto-orthodox circles precipitated the textual corruption at Luke 3:22, prompting a theological redactor to introduce a reading that compounds Christological notions of messiah, prophet, and king in an attempt to strengthen Jesus’s links to Jewish history. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341684 |