The present volume offers exemplary studies on the broad reception of the Gospel of John in ancient Christianity. Key authors such as Clement, Tertullian and Origen, central themes such as Christology and pneumatology as well as exemplary individual texts are examined.
The Gospel of John had a particularly broad reception in ancient Christianity. This volume offers exemplary individual studies on key authors, overarching motifs, and exemplary texts. After the introductory presentation of the fields, genres, and media of the reception of John, the contributions are devoted to early Christian authors such as Clement, Tertullian, and Origen as well as central discourses of Christology and pneumatology. Specific studies examine the reception of particular texts such as the Jacob's Ladder, the Samaria pericope or the spear thrust scene, the structure of textual tradition and local traditions around »Bethabara« and the reception of ancient textual traditions up to the time of the Reformation. The studies show the multifaceted interconnectedness of Johannine texts and themes and the significance of this gospel for ancient Christianity.
Table of contents:
Jörg Frey: Das Johannesevangelium in antik-christlicher Rezeption. Zur Einführung in den Band -
Joseph Verheyden: Clement of Alexandria and John the Evangelist, or How to Deal with a »Spiritual« Gospel -
Tobias Georges: Das Johannesevangelium bei Tertullian -
Alfons Fürst: Merkmale philosophischer Exegese im Johanneskommentar des Origenes -
Cosmin Pricop: »Der Logos in uns«. Das Wohnen des Logos und seine Sinnverbindungen im Johanneskommentar des Origenes -
Benjamin Gleede: Der Johannesprolog im arianischen Streit. Zentrale Bastion des Nizänismus? -
Martin Meiser: Joh 1,51 (und die Jakobsleiter) in frühchristlicher Rezeption -
Monnica Klöckener: Die Begegnung am Jakobsbrunnen in den Johanneskommentaren des Theodor von Mopsuestia und des Kyrill von Alexandrien innerhalb der altkirchlichen Auslegungen von Joh 4,1-42 -
Ilaria L. E. Ramelli: The Holy Spirit as Paraclete in Third- to Fifth-Century Debates and the Use of John 14-17 in the Pneumatology of that Time -
Andreas Hoffmann: »Ein wachsames Wort wählte der Evangelist [...]« (Aug., Io. eu. tr. 120,2). Die Lanzenstichszene (Joh 19,34) bei Augustinus -
Hans-Ulrich Weidemann: Bild und Erstlingsgabe. Die Lanzenstichszene (Joh 19,31-37) im Johanneskommentar des Cyrill von Alexandrien -
Nestor Kavvadas Getrennt oder vermischt? Die johanneische Lanzenstich-Szene im Spannungsfeld des nachchalkedonischen Konflikts -
Christos Karakolis: The Giving of the Spirit in John 20:22. Examples of Patristic Reception in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries -
Jan Dochhorn: Βηθαβαρᾶ in Joh 1,28. Eine Variante und ihre religionsgeschichtlichen Hintergründe -
Philip Thomas Mohr: Textual Ambiguity and Theological Clarity in Theodore Beza's Translation of John 8:44 - Appendix: An English Translation of Beza's Annotations at John 8:44
