In diesem Band analysiert Jan G. van der Watt die Ethik der Johannesbriefe ausführlich vor ihrem jeweiligen sozio-historischen Hintergrund, was zu einer detaillierten ethischen Darstellung führt. Der Autor zeigt, dass der 1. Johannesbrief einen pastoralen Charakter hat und die Adressaten ermutigt, sich nicht täuschen zu lassen, sondern der Gruppe der Augenzeugen durch Gemeinschaft und Liebe treu zu bleiben.
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ISBN-13
978-3-16-159224-9 (9783161592249)
DOI
10.1628/978-3-16-159224-9
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Born 1952; emeritus professor of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) as well as research associate University of the Free State (South Africa).
Introduction
1. Ethics of the Johannine Letters in Research
2. The genre of the Letters
3. The relation between the Gospel and Letters of John
4. Do the Letters of John belong together?
5. Defining some key terms
6. The grammar of ethics: logical and coherent structuring
Section 1: The First Letter of John
Chapter 1: A suggested scenario for interpreting 1 John
Chapter 2: Relationships as part of the grammar of ethics (1): Family, Immanenz, mimesis and reciprocity
Chapter 3: Relationships as part of the grammar of ethics (2): koinonia and love
Chapter 4: Commandments, paraenesis and free will
Chapter 5: Tradition and ethos as part of the grammar of ethics of 1 John
Chapter 6: Some practical issues addressed in 1 John
Chapter 7: Some concluding remarks
Section 2: The Second Letter of John
Chapter 8: A possible scenario
Chapter 9: Truth, love and commandments as ethical concepts in 2 John
Chapter 10: Some summarizing and concluding remarks
Section 3: The Third Letter of John
Chapter 11: Conflict in 3 John? What was it about?
Chapter 12: The ethical dynamics in 3 John
Section 4: The Letters and the Gospel of John
Chapter 13: Comparison between the Letters and the Gospel
