Divine Visibility in the Gospel of John
This article argues that John’s christology affirms the material visibility of God by reconciling the notion of an "unseen" God to the visibility of the Father that Jesus presents. Three pieces of evidence support this claim. The first is that "unseen" and "invisible" a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| In: |
Harvard theological review
Year: 2024, Volume: 117, Issue: 3, Pages: 417-435 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Visibility
/ God
/ Theophany
/ Jesus Christus
/ Platonism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBB Doctrine of Revelation NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Fourth Gospel
B Theology B Christology B Invisibility B John B God B Isaiah B Theophany |
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| Summary: | This article argues that John’s christology affirms the material visibility of God by reconciling the notion of an "unseen" God to the visibility of the Father that Jesus presents. Three pieces of evidence support this claim. The first is that "unseen" and "invisible" are not synonymous. A survey of Second Temple, biblical, and rabbinic literature reveals that one may not assume that all hellenized Jews embraced Platonist notions of invisibility. Second, Jesus presents the Father as visible, however restricted that visibility may be to Jesus’s person. Third, John’s use of Isaiah suggests that the visibility of God in the theophanies is consonant with God’s visibility in Jesus. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816024000166 |