Theo-Logie im Johannesevangelium

Bausteine zu einem johanneischen Gottesbild

Extent: 300 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Language: German

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(February 2027)

ISBN: 9783161705847

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $210.00

Synopsis

The Gospel of John is usually read christologically; Veronika Burz-Tropper reads it as discourse about God. Through Jesus, the “exegete,” the God of Israel becomes tangible. This multifaceted image of God ultimately points to human life and to community in the “familia dei.”

“Theo-logy”- that is, the discourse about God in the literal sense of the word – has received relatively little attention in New Testament scholarship compared to Christology, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology, Soteriology, and Eschatology. Veronika Burz-Tropper fills this gap in the Gospel of John by developing a Johannine image of God. The starting point is John 1:18, which is understood as a programmatic reading guide: Jesus appears there as the “exegete” of the Father and thus as the authoritative source of revelation for statements about God.
On this basis, the author examines Jesus’ discourse on God in the Gospel of John. She proceeds from the thesis that the evangelist presents the God of the Old Testament as the God of Jesus and works intensively with Old Testament traditions. Central theological themes are thus identified from the perspective of the history of motifs and traditions.
The author focuses on the image of the Father, the most common image of God in the Gospel of John. Added to this are Jesus’ metaphorical “I am” statements (“Bread of Life,” “Light of the World,” “Door,” “Good Shepherd,” “Resurrection and Life,” “the Way, the Truth, and the Life”), which, in connection with statements such as “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30) and “whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9), are interpreted as expressions of God’s revelation. These texts show that Jesus’ self-revelation ultimately points to the revelation of God.
In the Gospel of John, God’s revelation occurs exclusively in Jesus Christ as the Logos and interpreter of the Father. The goal of this revelation is human life: whoever accepts Jesus becomes part of the “familia dei” and shares in the divine love. This is reinforced by further elements of the image of God: “God is truth,” “God is Spirit,” and “God is love.”

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