RT Article
T1 An Extended Refutation of Doctrinal Correlates in John 8–9
JF Novum Testamentum
VO 66
IS 1
SP 18
OP 37
A1 Terian, Abraham 1942-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1876724447
AB The doctrinal continuum between ancestral merits and rewards and punishments is well established in Second Temple Judaism and is discernible in John 8–9. Following Philo of Alexandria’s questioning of these doctrinal correlates, the Johannine chapters are subjected to a theological-rhetorical analysis focused on the transitional passage (9:1–5). The passage is here seen not as an introduction to a new theme but as corollary to the preceding chapter(s), having a duo-directional significance, linking a two-part refutation of invariably related doctrines: ancestral merits and rewards and punishments. The rejection or refutation of the latter affirms the rejection or refutation of the former, and vice versa. The Johannine chapters in question have a thematic and dialectical connection; they constitute a substantial part of the broader, interrelated polemic of the Fourth Gospel.
K1 modes of refutation
K1 rewards and punishments
K1 ancestral merits
K1 Philo of Alexandria
K1 Johannine polemic
K1 Fourth Gospel
DO 10.1163/15685365-bja10061