RT Article
T1 The Quest for the Johannine School: The Apocalypse and the Fourth Gospel
JF New Testament studies
VO 23
IS 4
SP 402
OP 427
A1 Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth 1938-
LA English
YR 1977
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1817746863
AB The subject presents one of those questions in New Testament criticism in which mental bent, apart from the bias of prejudgment, is chiefly influential in deter-mining the conclusions reached.This statement with which I. T. Beckwith introduced in 1919 his discussion of the authorship of the Apocalypse (Apoc) still proves to be true today. It can be equally applied to the question whether the Apoc should be assigned to the same school or circle that was responsible for the Fourth Gospel (4G) and the Johannine Epistles. The judgement moreover also pertains to the historical and theological interpretation of either the Apoc or the 4G. Mental bent and systematic presuppositions determine the various reconstructions of the history of the Johannine community as well as the theological interpretations of its literary works.
DO 10.1017/S0028688500012376