The Temptation of Jesus: The Eschatological Battle and the New Ethic of the First Followers of Jesus in Q
Analyses of Q which take the Sayings Source to have originated in Cynic/sapiential circles find difficulty in explaining the place of the temptation of Jesus in either narrative or theological terms in the signs source. This essay argues that the temptation story is a report of an ecstatic experienc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2002, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-164 |
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| Summary: | Analyses of Q which take the Sayings Source to have originated in Cynic/sapiential circles find difficulty in explaining the place of the temptation of Jesus in either narrative or theological terms in the signs source. This essay argues that the temptation story is a report of an ecstatic experience of Jesus, which involves a heavenly journey and the defeat of Satan. There are descriptions of cognate experiences in contemporary eschatological-apocalyptic literature and in Qumran. If this reconstruction is correct, then it will lead to a major revision of our understanding of the theology of Q. |
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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: 10.1177/0142064X0202500203 |