Is John's Gospel Anti-Sacramental? – a New Solution in the Light of the Evangelist's Milieu
ProblemIn the Fourth Gospel there are many symbols and the related texts which can be interpreted sacramentally. On the other hand, it seems to omit accounts of the Baptism of Jesus and the Institution of the Holy Communion, both important to the origin of the sacraments. In addition there are stron...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1981
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New Testament studies
Year: 1981, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 516-524 |
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| Summary: | ProblemIn the Fourth Gospel there are many symbols and the related texts which can be interpreted sacramentally. On the other hand, it seems to omit accounts of the Baptism of Jesus and the Institution of the Holy Communion, both important to the origin of the sacraments. In addition there are strong tendencies towards the Spiritualisierung of the symbols and the related texts. Therefore, it has been a big issue for Johannine scholarship whether the Evangelist is anti-sacramental or not. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500006883 |