1st Edition
Reconsidering Johannine Christianity A Social Identity Approach
By Raimo Hakola
Copyright 2015
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Reconsidering Johannine Christianity presents a full-scale application of social identity approach to the Johannine writings. This book reconsiders a widely held scholarly assumption that the writings commonly taken to represent Johannine Christianity – the Gospel of John and the First, Second and Third Epistles of John – reflect the situation of an introverted early Christian group. It claims... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Johannine Christianity and the Mediterranean Diaspora 3. The Beginnings of a Tradition: The Relation between the Gospel and the Johannine Epistles 4. Collective Victimhood and Social Identity: The Counsel of Caiaphas Reconsidered (John 11:47–53) 5. Social Identity and the Lures and Threats of Being Similar: John and the Jews Who Believed in Jesus (John 8:31–47) 6. The Burden of Ambiguity: Nicodemus and the Social Identity of the Johannine Christians 7. Conclusion
Biography
Raimo Hakola is an Academy Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland
