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Reading the Gospel of John’'s Christology as Jewish Messianism: Royal, Prophetic, and Divine Messiahs (2018) is a volume edited by Benjamin E. Reynolds and Gabriele Boccaccini.

Abstract

"The essays in 'Reading the Gospel of John's Christology as Jewish Messianism: Royal, Prophetic, and Divine Messiahs' seek to interpret John's Jesus as part of Second Temple Jewish messianic expectations. The Fourth Gospel is rarely considered part of the world of early Judaism. While many have noted John's Jewishness, most have not understood John?s Messiah as a Jewish messiah. The Johannine Jesus, who descends from heaven, is declared the Word made flesh, and claims oneness with the Father, is no less Jewish than other messiahs depicted in early Judaism. John's Jesus is at home on the spectrum of early Judaism's royal, prophetic, and divine messiahs."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Contents

Part 1: Introduction

• 1. Reading the Gospel of John’s Christology as Jewish Messianism: An Introduction / Gabriele Boccaccini

Part 2: John’s Jesus as a Jewish Messiah: Paths Taken and Not Taken

• 2. The Gospel of John’s Christology as Evidence for Early Jewish Messianic Expectations: Challenges and Possibilities / Benjamin E. Reynolds
• 3. The Gospel of John as Jewish Messianism: Formative Influences and Neglected Avenues in the History of Scholarship / James F. McGrath

Part 3: John’s Word and Jewish Messianic Interpretation

• 4. “And The Word Was God”: John’s Christology and Jesus’s Discourse in Jewish Context / Adele Reinhartz
• 5. Johannine Christology and Prophetic Traditions: The Case of Isaiah / Catrin H. Williams
• 6. Messianic Exegesis in the Fourth Gospel / Jocelyn McWhirter

Part 4: John’s Royal Messiah

• 7. Son of God as Anointed One? Johannine Davidic Christology and Second Temple Messianism / Beth M. Stovell
• 8. Divine Kingship and Jesus’s Identity in Johannine Messianism / Marida Nicolaci
• 9. David’s Sublation of Moses: A Davidic Explanation for the Mosaic Christology of the Fourth Gospel / Joel Willitts

Part 5: John’s Prophetic Messiah

• 10. “When the Christ Appears, Will He Do More Signs Than This Man Has Done?” (John 7:31): Signs and the Messiah in the Gospel of John / Meredith J.C. Warren
• 11. Christological Transformation of the Motif of “Living Water” (John 4; 7): Prophetic Messiah Expectations and Wisdom Tradition / Andrea Taschl-Erber
• 12 Jesus, the Eschatological Prophet in the Fourth Gospel: A Case Study in Dialectical Tensions / Paul N. Anderson

Part 6: John’s Messiah and Divinity

• 13. Wisdom and Logos Traditions in Judaism and John’s Christology / William Loader
• 14. From Jewish Prophet to Jewish God: How John Made the Divine Jesus Uncreated / Gabriele Boccaccini
• 15. Jesus—the Divine Bridegroom? John 2–4 and Its Christological Implications / Ruben Zimmermann
• 16. The Divine Name that the Son Shares with the Father in the Gospel of John / Charles A. Gieschen
• 17. John 5:19–30: The Son of God is the Apocalyptic Son of Man / Crispin Fletcher-Louis

Part 7: Epilogue

• Epilogue: The Early Jewish Messiah of the Gospel of John / Benjamin E. Reynolds

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