The Elder John, Author of Revelation
According to the Apocalypse and independent traditions, John was an ascetic Palestinian millenarian prophet-teacher-apostle who functioned as the intercessory high priest and tradition-bearing chief elder (i.e. bishop) at Ephesus after Domitian banished him to Patmos. As these features of his portra...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
1981
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1981, Volume: 4, Issue: 11, Pages: 3-20 |
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Summary: | According to the Apocalypse and independent traditions, John was an ascetic Palestinian millenarian prophet-teacher-apostle who functioned as the intercessory high priest and tradition-bearing chief elder (i.e. bishop) at Ephesus after Domitian banished him to Patmos. As these features of his portrait are coherent, and only one John was buried at Ephesus, Papias knew of but one local John: the prophet who was called a disciple because he had "seen" Jesus and had been a member of the early Jerusalem Church, where the martyred John of Zebedee (Rev. 11) had been his Elijah-like model. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X8100401101 |