The Johannine Community Hypothesis (1968–Present): Past and Present Approaches and a New Way Forward

This article surveys and evaluates the most influential approaches to the Johannine community debate, beginning with Martyn’s 1968 study to the more recent work of Bauckham and Klink. The survey divides these approaches into three main categories: (1) studies in the historical-critical stream (mostl...

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Autor principal: Cirafesi, Wally V. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: 2014
En: Currents in biblical research
Año: 2014, Volumen: 12, Número: 2, Páginas: 173-193
Otras palabras clave:B Johannine Community
B Gospel of John
B Audience of John
B The Gospels for All Christians
B J. Louis Martyn
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:This article surveys and evaluates the most influential approaches to the Johannine community debate, beginning with Martyn’s 1968 study to the more recent work of Bauckham and Klink. The survey divides these approaches into three main categories: (1) studies in the historical-critical stream (mostly from the late 1960s–1970s), (2) sociological studies and (3) studies that have departed from the community hypothesis altogether. The observation is made that, to date, the majority of approaches have been more prescriptive and model-driven rather than descriptive and data-driven. In light of this overarching trend, this article suggests that a potential direction of exploration within the debate could be the development of methods that place primary emphasis on textual data and, at the same time, have a deep concern for a text’s social setting.
ISSN:1745-5200
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X13476168