Identity Matters: John, the Jews, and Jewishness (2005 Hakola), book
Identity Matters: John, the Jews, and Jewishness (2005) is a book by Raimo Hakola.
Abstract
"The book suggests that John's portrayal of the Jews is not a response to Jewish persecution of early Christians. It proposes instead that the exclusive faith in Jesus led the Johannine Christians to abandon some basic markers of Jewish identity ... This book challenges current scholarly consensus concerning John's references to the Jews in two ways. First, the author suggests that John's portrayal of the Jews cannot be understood as a response to the violent policy of John's opponents. Second, the author claims that John's portrayal of Jewishness is much more ambivalent than is often claimed today. The first part of the book offers a detailed criticism on the so called two-level reading strategy which claims that John's references to the Jews emerge from the conflict with rabbinic Judaism. The second part examines in detail John's relationship to some basic markers of Jewishness. The book contributes to the ongoing discussion of anti-Judaism in John and efforts to understand John's historical setting."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Leiden: Brill, 2005 (Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 118).
Contents
Introduction --; Fallacies in scholarly consensus --; Jesus, the Jews and the worship of God --; Jesus, the Sabbath and circumcision --; Jesus, the Jews and Moses --; Believing Jews, Abraham and the devil --; Synthesis: the Johannine Christians, the Jews and Jewishness.
External links
- [ Google Books]