A "Great Day": The Context of a Johannine Expression (John 7:37; 19:31) in Second Temple Literature and Qumran (1QS 10.4; 4Q265 7 i.4)
The author of the Gospel of John twice identifies a day as "great" (John 7:37; 19:31). A survey of Second Temple and Qumran literature reveals four instances in which days are described as "great" in a liturgical context. The expression "great day" appears to function a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
2022
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2022, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 442-461 |
| Further subjects: | B
festival day
B great day B Day of the Lord B Johannine chronology B Sabbath B crucifragium B ἡμέρα μεγάλη |
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| Summary: | The author of the Gospel of John twice identifies a day as "great" (John 7:37; 19:31). A survey of Second Temple and Qumran literature reveals four instances in which days are described as "great" in a liturgical context. The expression "great day" appears to function as a reference to a festival day, equivalent to the Late Biblical Hebrew "holy day" ([inline-graphic 01], Neh 10:32 MT) or the mishnaic "good day" ([inline-graphic 02]). This lends support to understanding John 7:37 as referring to the eighth day of Tabernacles/Sukkoth, and John 19:31 to a coincidence of the Sabbath and Passover on the day after the crucifixion. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2022.0089 |