Jesus of Nazareth, the Mountain of the Lord: Isaiah 2, Messianism, and the “Lifted Up” Christ of the Fourth Gospel
This article identifies and traces an overlooked exegetical tradition of reading Isa 2’s vision about the future exaltation of Zion in a messianic key. It suggests that the Gospel of John is part of this reception history. In the climactic utterance of 12:32 (“And when I am lifted up from the earth,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Novum Testamentum
Year: 2025, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 458-476 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Jesaja 2
/ Bible. Johannesevangelium 12,32
/ Prophecy
/ Messianism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament HC New Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
New Testament Christology
B Temple B Realized Eschatology B Messianism B Gospel of John B Intertextuality |
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| Summary: | This article identifies and traces an overlooked exegetical tradition of reading Isa 2’s vision about the future exaltation of Zion in a messianic key. It suggests that the Gospel of John is part of this reception history. In the climactic utterance of 12:32 (“And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself”), John identifies the upcoming death and resurrection of Jesus with the expected “lifting up” of the mountain of the Lord’s house, where the nations will stream to worship at the end of days. The paradoxical theologia crucis of the Fourth Gospel emerges as a species of Second Temple Jewish messianism. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10106 |
