The Temple Metaphor in John 2:21
The temple destruction logion, presented as a charge against Jesus during his trial according to the synoptic Gospels, is attributed to Jesus in the Johannine narrative and given a metaphorical interpretation to clarify its meaning. However, this apparent clarification has actually created a problem...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Perspectives in religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 257-270 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Johannesevangelium 2,21
/ Jesus Christus
/ Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBF Christology NBN Ecclesiology |
| Summary: | The temple destruction logion, presented as a charge against Jesus during his trial according to the synoptic Gospels, is attributed to Jesus in the Johannine narrative and given a metaphorical interpretation to clarify its meaning. However, this apparent clarification has actually created a problem that biblical scholars are still struggling to solve. I propose that the metaphor’s referent is Jesus's community of disciples, constituted into a temple community with him as God indwelling it; and that the continuous survival of that community beyond his crucifixion and death was the sign that Jesus promised οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι in John 2:19. |
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| ISSN: | 0093-531X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Perspectives in religious studies
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