Raymond Brown, 'The Jews,' and the Gospel of John: From Apologia to Apology (2015 Cronin), book

Sonya Cronin, Raymond Brown, 'The Jews,' and the Gospel of John: From Apologia to Apology (Library of New Testament Studies, 504; London: Bloomsbury, 2015).

Abstract

"Until the mid-1960s, most commentators of the Gospel of John were aware of a polemic against 'the Jews,' yet they did not consider it with reference to contemporary ethical discussion. A shift in focus in Johannine scholarship is noticeable from the mid-1960s and 1970s to the present, where commentators began to connect the Gospel's polemic against 'the Jews' with potential anti-Judaism in the text. As yet, very little work has been done to answer the question of how this change in sensitivity came about. This book is a historiography of one scholar's growing awareness of potential anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John with the intention of using this individual history to explain the larger trend in biblical studies. Sonya Cronin examines the published work of Raymond Brown, a prominent Catholic New Testament scholar, between the years 1960-1998. The book contextualizes Brown's work by evaluating the impact of ecclesiastical statements and the influence of earlier and contemporary Johannine scholarship on Brown's biblical interpretation, and then posits theories as to why change occurs at specific times."--Publisher description.

Contents

Acknowlegments; Preface; INTRODUCTION; 1. The Issue of Anti-Judaism in Johannine Scholarship; 2. Method; 3. Structure; Chapter 1 -- BACKGROUND TO RAYMOND BROWN'S BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION; 1. Biographical Information on Raymond Brown; 2. Catholic Church: Relations with the Jews in the Twentieth Century; 3. Historical Biblical Criticism in the Catholic Church: Modernist Controversy to Vatican II; 4. Raymond Brown's Approach to Biblical Interpretation; 5. Johannine Scholarship Influencing Raymond Brown; 6. Raymond Brown on General Johannine Issues.; 7. Influences on Raymond Brown Regarding 'The Jews'Chapter 2 -- ANALYSIS OF BROWN'S PUBLISHED WORKS ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN FROM 1960 TO 1970; 1. The Gospel of St. John and the Johannine Epistles (1960); 2. The Gospel According to John I-XII (1966); 3. Historical Placement of Gospel Events; 4. The Gospel According to John XIII-XXI (1970); Chapter 3 -- ANALYSIS OF BROWN'S PUBLISHED WORKS ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN FROM 1971 TO 1988; 1. 'The Passion According to John: Chapters 18 and 19' (1975); 2. The Community of The Beloved Disciple (1979); 3. J. Louis Martyn and History and Theologyin the Fourth Gospel4. The Gospel and the Epistles of John (1988); Chapter 4 -- ANALYSIS OF BROWN'S PUBLISHED WORKS ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN FROM 1988 TO 1998; 1. Death of the Messiah (1994); 2. John Dominic Crossan's Who Killed Jesus?; 3. Introduction to the New Testament (1997); 4. A Retreat with John the Evangelist (1998); Chapter 5 -- ANALYSIS OF BROWN'S POSTHUMOUS WORKS; 1. An Introduction to the Gospel of John (1998/2003); 2. Points de vue divers sur les juifs dans Jean (1997); 3. Brown's Contribution to The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian BibleCONCLUSION: RAYMOND BROWN IN THE CONTEXT OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP; 1. Major Commentaries/Works on the Gospel of John and Their Displayed Awareness of Anti-Judaismin the Gospel of John; 2. Articles/Book Chapters on Anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John; 3. Brown's Work in Context; 4. The Relationship Between Raymond Brown's Historical Analysis and His Sensitivity to Potential Anti-Judaism; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Author.

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