Gnosticism, docetism, and the Judaisms of the first century: the search for the wider context of Johannine literature and why it matters
3. The Prerogatives of the Eschatological Outpouring of the Spirit4. A Means of Proceeding; 5. Prominent Features of the Gospel Commonly Thought to be Related to Gnosticism; 6. Conclusions; Part II -- DOCETISM AND THE JOHANNINE TRADITION; Chapter 2 -- DOCETISM IN THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN; 1. Docetis...
| Summary: | 3. The Prerogatives of the Eschatological Outpouring of the Spirit4. A Means of Proceeding; 5. Prominent Features of the Gospel Commonly Thought to be Related to Gnosticism; 6. Conclusions; Part II -- DOCETISM AND THE JOHANNINE TRADITION; Chapter 2 -- DOCETISM IN THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN; 1. Docetism; 2. What Are the Criteria We Should Use for Evaluating Such Proposals?; 3. Deliberate Anti-Docetism in 1 John (Schnelle, Strecker); 4. Some Observations on the Views of Schnelle and Strecker; 5. Conclusions Regarding the Strecker-Schnelle Proposal of an Anti-Docetic Polemic in 1 John. 4. Apocalyptic Judaism5. Hellenistic Judaism; Chapter 5 -- CANONICAL JUDAISM AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: THE PRESENCE OF A JEWISH 'MYTH' ABOUT ESCHATOLOGICAL FULFILMENT; 1. Introduction; 2. Four Peculiar Features of the Gospel and Their Relation to the Myth of the Eschatological Outpouring of the Spirit; 3. Once Again We See That Each Feature Is Directly Related to the Prerogatives Associated with the Outpouring of the Spirit; 4. Summary of the Differences Between Canonical and Apocalyptic Judaism. Acknowlegments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Prequel -- THE COMPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN; 1. The Basic Proposal; 2. An Overview of the First Edition; 3. An Overview of the Second Edition; 4. An Overview of 1 John; 5. An Overview of the Third Edition; 6. The Plan of the Book; Part I -- GNOSTICISM AND THE JOHANNINE TRADITION; Chapter 1 -- GNOSTICISM AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN; 1. Past Attempts to Articulate the Relation of the Gospel of John to Gnosticism: Gnostic? Anti-Gnostic? Proto-Gnostic? Gnostic Milieu?; 2. A New Perspective. Chapter 6 -- 'REALIZED ESCHATOLOGY': AN EXAMPLE OF THE FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE 'CANONICAL' JUDAISM IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN1. Introduction; 2. Some Past Attempts to Account for the Presence of 'Realized Eschatology' in John; 3. Eschatology in the Jewish Scriptures; 4. The Johannine Conviction That These Hopes Had Been Fulfilled; 5. Conclusions; Chapter 7 -- APOCALYPTIC JUDAISM: A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE TRADITION; 1. Introduction; 2. Some Distinctive Features of Apocalyptic in the Johannine Literature; 3. Apocalyptic in 1 John; 4. Apocalyptic in the Gospel of John. Chapter 8 -- LIMITED LOVE IN THE JOHANNINE TRADITION. Chapter 3 -- DOCETISM (AND ANTI-DOCETISM) IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN?1. 'Naïve Docetism' in the Gospel of John (Käsemann); 2. The Overall Portrayal of Jesus in the Gospel; 3. Critique of Käsemann's Statement; 4. Features that Suggest Docetism in the Gospel; 5. Anti-Docetic Elements in the Gospel (Schnelle); 6. Conclusion: Is the Gospel Docetic ... or Anti-Docetic ... or Neither?; Part III -- FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISMS AND THE JOHANNINE TRADITION; Chapter 4 -- FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISMS: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; 1. Introduction; 2. The Judaisms of the Gospel and Letters; 3. Canonical Judaism in the Gospel of John. In this book von Wahlde provides an exploration of three distinct cultural and religious backgrounds against which scholars have frequently proposed that the Gospel and Letters of John are to be read and understood. von Wahlde examines each of these three possibilities in turn, and shows how they may be regarded as plausible or implausible depending upon the evidence available. von Wahlde shows that there are features within the Gospel and/or Letters of John that do in fact suggest that they were influenced either by Gnosticism, Docetism or one of the variant forms of Judaism. However, in e |
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| ISBN: | 0567656594 |