'Dematerializing' Religion: Reading John 2–4 as a Chiasm
After offering a critical analysis of Moloney’s synthetical parallelism for John 2–4, this article argues for a chiastic structure of the Cana-to-Cana cycle which directs the reader from the visible signs (2,1-12+4,43-54) and physical properties of religion (2,13-22+4,1-42) to Jesus as the metaphysi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2008
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Biblica
Year: 2008, Volume: 89, Issue: 4, Pages: 526-554 |
| Further subjects: | B
dematerialized faith
B Chiasm B Cana-to-Cana B John 2,1-4,54 B material restoration |
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| Summary: | After offering a critical analysis of Moloney’s synthetical parallelism for John 2–4, this article argues for a chiastic structure of the Cana-to-Cana cycle which directs the reader from the visible signs (2,1-12+4,43-54) and physical properties of religion (2,13-22+4,1-42) to Jesus as the metaphysical agent of God’s salvation and judgment (3,1-21+3,22-36). The new 'dematerialized' faith thereby subverts expectations of material restoration and reorients the believing eye not towards a sanctuary but towards the Son. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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