Aposynagōgos and the historical Jesus in John [electronic resource] : rethinking the historicity of the Johannine expulsion passages / by Jonathan Bernier.
By: Bernier, Jonathan
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TextSeries: Biblical interpretation series: v. 122.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013Description: 1 online resource (x, 172 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004257795 (electronic book); 9789004254480 (hardback : alk. paper); 900425448X (hardback : alk. paper); 9004257799 (e-book)Subject(s): Bible. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etcLOC classification: BS2615.52 | .B473 2013Online resources: Click here to access online Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-165) and index.Summary: In 'Aposynagogos and the Historical Jesus in John', Jonathan Bernier utilizes the critical-realist hermeneutics developed by Bernard Lonergan and Ben F. Meyer to survey historical data relevant to the Johannine expulsion passages (John 9:22, 12:42, 16:2). He evaluates the major two contemporary interpretative traditions regarding these passages, namely that they describe not events of Jesus' lifetime but rather the implementation of the Birkat ha-Minim in the first first-century, or that they describe not historical events at all but serve only to construct Johannine identity. Against both traditions Bernier argues that these passages plausibly describe events that could have happened during Jesus' lifetime.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-165) and index.
In 'Aposynagogos and the Historical Jesus in John', Jonathan Bernier utilizes the critical-realist hermeneutics developed by Bernard Lonergan and Ben F. Meyer to survey historical data relevant to the Johannine expulsion passages (John 9:22, 12:42, 16:2). He evaluates the major two contemporary interpretative traditions regarding these passages, namely that they describe not events of Jesus' lifetime but rather the implementation of the Birkat ha-Minim in the first first-century, or that they describe not historical events at all but serve only to construct Johannine identity. Against both traditions Bernier argues that these passages plausibly describe events that could have happened during Jesus' lifetime.
