Divine Visibility in the Gospel of John
This article argues that John’s christology affirms the material visibility of God by reconciling the notion of an "unseen" God to the visibility of the Father that Jesus presents. Three pieces of evidence support this claim. The first is that "unseen" and "invisible" a...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2024
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Harvard theological review
Jahr: 2024, Band: 117, Heft: 3, Seiten: 417-435 |
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Bibel. Johannesevangelium
/ Sichtbarkeit
/ Gott
/ Theophanie
/ Jesus Christus
/ Platonismus
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| IxTheo Notationen: | HC Neues Testament NBB Offenbarungslehre NBC Gotteslehre NBF Christologie VA Philosophie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Fourth Gospel
B Theology B Christology B Invisibility B John B God B Isaiah B Theophany |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article argues that John’s christology affirms the material visibility of God by reconciling the notion of an "unseen" God to the visibility of the Father that Jesus presents. Three pieces of evidence support this claim. The first is that "unseen" and "invisible" are not synonymous. A survey of Second Temple, biblical, and rabbinic literature reveals that one may not assume that all hellenized Jews embraced Platonist notions of invisibility. Second, Jesus presents the Father as visible, however restricted that visibility may be to Jesus’s person. Third, John’s use of Isaiah suggests that the visibility of God in the theophanies is consonant with God’s visibility in Jesus. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816024000166 |
