John the Baptist: The Absinthe of the Divine Feast?
My contribution focuses on the ‘Competition Thesis’ between John, Jesus and their disciples in reconstructing the life of the Baptist. One great merit of JBHT is adopting the Competition Thesis. When summarizing, guided by the Competition Thesis, Marcus first plays the devil’s advocate, enumerating...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-61 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Renan, Ernest 1823-1892
/ Bible. Matthäusevangelium 11,2-6
/ Bible. Lukasevangelium 7,18-23
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
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| Summary: | My contribution focuses on the ‘Competition Thesis’ between John, Jesus and their disciples in reconstructing the life of the Baptist. One great merit of JBHT is adopting the Competition Thesis. When summarizing, guided by the Competition Thesis, Marcus first plays the devil’s advocate, enumerating the reasons that John should be seen as an independent figure claiming for himself the leading place in the scenario of end times. However, Marcus’s conclusion reverts to a position closer to the traditional view of John as witness and forerunner. John was the ‘absinthe of the divine feast’, as suggested by Renan. I confess: I am convinced by the devil’s advocate. Direct evidence for the competition thesis is thin. It is based on an indirect and contrary reading of the gospels, as often ‘protesting too much’ in insisting on the secondary role of John. Nevertheless, I maintain that the competition thesis should be embraced fully. One example of how it should be deployed is discussed in this article: the logion in Q, Matt 11:2-6//Luke 7:18-23, which concludes, ‘Happy is the man who does not find me a stumbling block’. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5197 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "John the Baptist in history and theology (Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2018)"
Kritik von "John the Baptist in history and theology (Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2018)" Kritik von "John the Baptist in history and theology (Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2018)" Kritik in "Response to the Respondents (2021)" |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455197-19010002 |