Exegeting the Jews: The Early Reception of the Johannine "Jews"
Published on 28. April 2016
Book
Hardback
271 pages
978-90-04-30889-3 (ISBN)
Description
In Exegeting the Jews: The Early Reception of the Johannine "Jews", Michael G. Azar analyzes the rhetorical function of the Gospel of John's "Jews" in the earliest surviving full-length expositions of John in Greek: Origen's Commentary on John (3rd cent.), John Chrysostom's Homilies on John (4th cent.), and Cyril of Alexandria's Commentary on John (5th cent.). While scholarship often has portrayed the reception history (Wirkungsgeschichte) of the Gospel's "Jews" as simply and uniformly anti-Jewish or antisemitic, Azar demonstrates that these three writers primarily read John's narrative typologically, employing the situation and characters in the Gospel not against contemporary Jews with whom they regularly interacted, but as types of each patristic writer's own intra-Christian struggle and opponents.
Reviews / Votes
Die Lektuere stimmt nachdenklich und ist jedem zu empfehlen, dem die antijuedische Wirkungsgeschichte des Johannesevangeliums ein Wissenschaftliches Anliegen ist. - Hans Foerster, in: Theologische Revue, 2018The argument is dense and detailed, supported by a wealth of footnotes and quotation, often in the original Greek, and a substantial bibliography. [Azar's] work is to be commended for its thoroughness and for the insights it offers into the approaches of these influential church leaders. - Ruth B. Edwards, in: The Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 2017
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-30889-3 (9789004308893)
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Michael G. Azar, Ph.D. (2013, Fordham University), is Assistant Professor of Theology/Religious Studies at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
Content
Contents
Introduction
1 The Modern Reception of the Ancient Reception of John's "Jews"
Theologians and Historians of Jewish-Christian Relations
Enter the New Testament Scholars
Readings of the Johannine Jews in Late Antiquity: Summary of Argument
2 Origen of Alexandria
Origen's Commentary on John: Backgrounds
Origen and the Johannine Christ: Teachers of Divine Things
Corporeal Christians, Johannine Jews, and the Resistors of Divine Things
Origen, Contemporary Gnostics and Jews, and John
3 John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom and the Homilies on John
John Chrysostom as Imitator of Christ
John Chrysostom's Audience as Imitators of the Johannine Jews
The Jews of Antioch and John Chrysostom's Reading of the Johannine Jews
4 Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril's Commentary on John: Backgrounds
Cyril and the Johannine Christ: Teachers of Orthodox Doctrine
The Johannine Jews as Catalysts of Orthodox Doctrine
Cyril's Reading of the Fourth Gospel and Contemporary Jews
5 Conclusion
Summary: Ancient and Modern Readings of John's Jews
Reflections on the Ancient and Modern Readings
Introduction
1 The Modern Reception of the Ancient Reception of John's "Jews"
Theologians and Historians of Jewish-Christian Relations
Enter the New Testament Scholars
Readings of the Johannine Jews in Late Antiquity: Summary of Argument
2 Origen of Alexandria
Origen's Commentary on John: Backgrounds
Origen and the Johannine Christ: Teachers of Divine Things
Corporeal Christians, Johannine Jews, and the Resistors of Divine Things
Origen, Contemporary Gnostics and Jews, and John
3 John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom and the Homilies on John
John Chrysostom as Imitator of Christ
John Chrysostom's Audience as Imitators of the Johannine Jews
The Jews of Antioch and John Chrysostom's Reading of the Johannine Jews
4 Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril's Commentary on John: Backgrounds
Cyril and the Johannine Christ: Teachers of Orthodox Doctrine
The Johannine Jews as Catalysts of Orthodox Doctrine
Cyril's Reading of the Fourth Gospel and Contemporary Jews
5 Conclusion
Summary: Ancient and Modern Readings of John's Jews
Reflections on the Ancient and Modern Readings