Rethinking the Ethics of John
"Implicit Ethics" in the Johannine Writings. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Volume III
Edited by Ruben Zimmermann Edited by Jan G. van der Watt
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(October 2012)
ISBN: 9783161518300
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Ethics is a neglected field of research in the Gospel and Letters of John. Judgments about even the presence of ethics in the Gospel are often negative, and even though ethics is regarded as one of the two major problem areas focused on in 1 John, the development of a Johannine ethics from the Letters receive relatively little attention. This book aims at making a positive contribution and even to stimulating the debate on the presence of ethical material in the Johannine literature through a series of essays by some leading Johannine scholars. The current state of research is thoroughly discussed and new developments as well as new possibilities for further investigation are treated. By utilizing different analytical categories and methods (such as narratology) new areas of research are opened up and new questions are considered. Therefore, aspects of moral thinking and normative values can be discovered and put together to the mosaic of an implicit ethics in the Johannine Writings. More familiar themes like the law or deeds in the Gospel are reconsidered in a new light, while the ethical role of the opponents or the ethical use of Scripture are explored as new avenues for describing the dynamics of ethics in the Gospel. The ethical nature of the Letters is also considered, focusing not only on the theological nature of ethics in the Letters, but also on the ethical impact of some rhetorical material in 1 John. The culminative result of these series of essays is to illustrate that the ethical material in the Gospel is not as absent as was believed by many in the past. The essays not only open up a wider spectrum of Johannine ethical material but also invite further exploration and research in this much neglected area of Johannine studies.
PrefaceIntroduction: Overview of Research Michael Labahn : It's Only Love - Is That All? Limits and Potentials of Johannine Ethic - A Critical Evaluation of Research - Ruben Zimmermann : Is there Ethics in the Gospel of John? Challenging an outdated consensusPossible backgrounds for Johannine ethics Andrew T. Glicksman : Beyond Sophia: The Sapiential Portrayal of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel and Its Ethical Implications for the Johannine Community - Erik Eynikel : The Qumran background of Johannine Ethics - Volker Rabens : Johannine Perspectives on Ethical Enabling in the Context of Stoic and Philonic EthicsEthics in the Gospel according to John William R.G. Loader : The Law and Ethics in John's Gospel - Karl Weyer-Menkhoff : The Response of Jesus. Ethics in John by considering Scripture as Work of God - Jan G. van der Watt : Ethics of/and the opponents of Jesus in John's Gospel - Christos Karakolis : Semeia Conveying Ethics in the Gospel according to John - Mira Stare : Ethics of life in the Gospel of John - Hermut Lohr : ????? as an Element of Moral Language in John - Chrys C. Caragounis : Abide in me. The New Mode of Relationship Between Jesus and His Followers as a Basis for Christian Ethics (John 15) - Glen Lund : The Joys and Dangers of Ethics in John's Gospel - Paul N. Anderson : Discernment-Oriented Leadership in the Johannine Situation - biding in the Truth versus Lesser AlternativesEthics in 1 John Udo Schnelle : Ethical Theology in 1 John - Jeffrey E. Brickle : Transacting Virtue within a Disrupted Community: The Negotiation of Ethics in the First Epistle of John - Tom Thatcher : Cain the Jew the AntiChrist: Collective Memory and the Johannine Ethic of Loving and Hating
- Edited by Ruben Zimmermann
- Edited by Jan G. van der Watt
Other Titles in this Series
The Prologue of the Gospel of John
Its Literary, Theological, and Philosophical Contexts. Papers read at the Colloquium Ioanneum 2013
The Gospel of Matthew in its Historical and Theological Context
Papers from the International Conference in Moscow, September 24 to 28, 2018
The Seneca–Paul Correspondence
New Research in Philology, Intertextuality, Religion and Philosophy, and the Question of Dating and Authorship
The Tenants in the Vineyard
Ideology, Economics, and Agrarian Conflict in Jewish Palestine
Volume 195
The History of Religions School Today
Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts
Volume 340
Das Endgericht bei Paulus
Framesemantische und exegetische Studien zur paulinischen Eschatologie und Soterologie
Volume 371
Antike und Urchristentum
Studien zur neutestamentlichen Theologie in ihren Kontexten und Rezeptionen
Volume 436
Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum
Proceedings of the Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas, November 2019
Volume 506
Jesus in apokryphen Evangelienüberlieferungen
Beiträge zu außerkanonischen Jesusüberlieferungen aus verschiedenen Sprach- und Kulturtraditionen
Das Alte Testament als christliche Bibel in orthodoxer und westlicher Sicht
Zweite europäische orthodox-westliche Exegetenkonferenz im Rilakloster vom 8.-15. September 2001
Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus
A Collaborative Exploration of Context and Coherence
Volume 247
Eschatologie – Eschatology
The Sixth Durham-Tubingen Research Symposium: Eschatology in Old Testament, Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (Tubingen, September, 2009)
Volume 272
Von Texten zu Geschichten
Aufsätze zur Konzeption und Geschichte der Wissenschaft vom Neuen Testament
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