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Walter de Gruyter, Text in German 24 scholarly contributions on topics in medieval history. Skizzen zur Geschichte einer Vorstellung von Gott [F. Die Goten als Gegenstand einer historischen Ethnographie [H. Runen und interpretatio christiana: Irische Genealogien aus St.
Gallen und ihr historischer Hintergrund [H. Honestum monasterium in loco Mimigernaefor: Imperator Romanorum, rex gentium: Ein Beitrag zu einem grossen Thema [G. Jahrhundert im Lichte der byzantinischen Quellen [J. Der Stifter und sein Gedenken: Die Vita Bennonis als Memorialzeugnis [K. Litergischen Memoria und historische Erinnerung: Abzug aus Rom und sein letztes Pontifikatsjahr in Salerno [J. Im Vordergrund stehen die Ermittlung der synchronen Motivationsbeziehung eines Verbs zu seiner vorausliegenden Basis und die Zuordnung der als motiviert beschreibbaren Bildungen zu Ableitungsmustern.
Hier wird das Zusammenwirken des Verbalisierungsmorphems -en das als Wortbildungsmorphem verstanden wird und der hier als ' explizit' bezeichneten Suffixe "-igen", "-ieren", "-iren", "-eren", "-ern", "enen", "-elen", "-eln", "-ezen", "-zen" und "-esen", "-sen" aufgezeigt. Dabei dominieren desubstantivische Ableitungen. Im zweiten Teil wird die Suffixderivation unter Ausschluss des hochfrequenten "-en" anhand eines diatopisch und diachron differenzierten Korpus fokussiert. Hirzel, Stuttgart September A - bezzisto E? Springer macht dieser Tradition alle Ehre. Lloyd ist Emeritus Professor der University of Pennsylvania.
August Bd 1: Kommentierte Bibliographie zur regionalen Hexenforschung Hrsg. Lexikon des Mittelalters Das umfangreiche Werk scheint es nur noch antiquarisch zu geben. Wie entstand das Rittertum? Wie wurde man Kaiser? Wie stellte man sich das Jenseits vor? Was ist der Investiturstreit? Wie alt wurden die Menschen im Mittelalter? Welche Rolle spielten Dichtung, Musik und Malerei? Wie lebten Leibeigene und Grundherren miteinander? Auf diese und viele andere Fragen werden Antworten gegeben. O Oster, Uwe A. Er lebt in Hechingen bei Stuttgart. Die von Peter Wiehl und Siegfried Grosse neu bearbeitete und umgestaltete Auflage wurde in der vorliegenden Auflage stellt einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Bearbeitung der Paulschen Grammatik dar.
Die Eingrifftiefe ist je nach Kapitel und Paragraph unterschiedlich. Auch der Syntaxteil unterscheidet sich erheblich von den entsprechenden Teilen der vorangegangenen Auflagen. Der Alltagsgeschichte gilt sein besonderes Interesse. Wie lebten die Menschen vor Jahren in Deutschland? Wie war der Alltag der Handwerker? Welche Rechte hatten die Bauern? Wie lebten die Ritter? Im Primus Verlag erschienen von ihm u. Kleidung und Mode sind heute nahezu identisch. Ehemals berufs- oder funktionsbezogene Bekleidung ist ganz in der Alltagskleidung aufgegangen.
Der einfache Bauer oder Handwerker trug meist schlichtere Kleidung ohne modische Zier und ohne Streben nach dem modisch Neuen. Darstellungen von Kleidung und Mode in mittelalterlichen Handschriften aus dem 9. Schwerpunkte bilden dabei die Methoden der synchronen und diachronen Sprachbetrachtung und die philologische Arbeitsweise. Danach werden Morphologie und Morphosyntax des Mittelhochdeutschen dargestellt. Ein Kompendium des Mittelhochdeutschen, das sich an den praktischen Erfordernissen des Germanistikstudiums orientiert. Die handschriftlichen Quellen sind mit Bibliotheksort und Editionen nachgewiesen.
In the descriptive sections of the volume, these theoretical considerations are confronted with extensive analytical, and often also quantitative, study of empirical data mainly from English but also from Romance languages. The focus in these case studies is on the analytical and diachronic relations between subjectivity and intersubjectivity, with particular emphasis on the question how linguistic syntagms may shift towards the expression of meanings of which the hearer is an essential part. Benoit came to the conclusion that in some places it seems John knew Matthew and in others Matthew borrowed from John.
Hofrichter has presented his observations that all three Synoptics depend on the pre- redactional Gospel of John. Thus, for Hofrichter, Matthew and Luke depend on Mark and the lost Q-source; but also all three depend on John in its earliest stage. Smith in his erudite John Among the Gospels. Hence, one can no longer point to a consensus that John depends upon and is later than the Synoptics, and was, therefore, composed sometime after John reflects editorial activity, and some of the additions indicate that the redactor is bringing the text in line with the Synoptic account.
The addi- tions to John, for example 4: Boismard concludes or by another editor as Bultmann, and R. Oulton, and edited by J. William Heinemann, pp. Gardner-Smith wrote a small monograph in which he concluded that John was not only independent of each of the Synoptics, but that John knew none of them. Hofrichter, Modell und Vorlage der Synoptiker: Georg Olms Verlag, pp. Charlesworth 3 Some scholars have been convinced that the Fourth Gospel was composed far from ancient Palestine, and the author was ignorant of Jerusalem and its buildings.
These scholars contend that John thinks only symbolically. In one of the most influential scholars of his day, C. Dodd, ar- gued that John was full of primitive traditions that were historically re- liable. According to John 5, Jesus went up to Jerusalem to celebrate a Jewish festival. The author does not specify which festival. Josephus and all the early authors who describe Jerusalem do not mention such a pool.
This seems odd, since, most likely, it would be a monumental or at least a well-known building, or series of buildings. The attentive exegete is thus led to conclude that the author of John must be using architecture to serve theology. Perhaps he wanted to show that what Moses and the old Law could not do in the Pentateuch, Jesus — as the One from Above — had performed. This exegesis is unlikely. The author did not contrast Jesus and Moses, but perhaps under the influence of Samaritans in the Johannine community, elevated Jesus by showing how superior he was to the exalted Moses the prophet par excellence; cf.
They discovered two large pools for holding water in late Hellenistic and early Roman times. Thus, there were five porticoes. Today, one can see the remains of the deep pools and the abundant evidence of pillars for the stoa. Cambridge Univer- sity Press, Jeremias, The Rediscovery of Bethesda: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, In the Palestinian Exploration Fund archives, in London, there is a large pottery vase.
There can be no doubt that this was associated with a serpent-healing cult. It most likely was related to Asclepius, who is ideologically and iconographically perceived by Greeks and Romans as a serpent or with a large serpent. I am presently preparing this research for publication. The vase is important for an understanding of not only John 5 but also 3: I have studied the realia at Bethesda, or Bethzatha, and Dr. Simon Gib- son, an Israeli archaeologist, is preparing a study that will show the vast amount of evidence of a healing cult at Bethesda from the Hellenistic through the Roman periods.
There is abundant evidence of a serpent-healing cult in Bethesda during the Roman period. One cannot be certain if it dates from the time of Aelia Capitolina, antedates the revised dating for the end of the Bar Kokhba uprising ,23 or antedates Only then would it be evidence of a serpent-healing cult at Bethesda during the time of Jesus. Additional evidence is not unimportant.
At Bethesda there is archaeological evidence of structures, such as cisterns and caves, which date back into Hellenistic times. In one cistern, on the northeast corner of the excavations, there is a pillar and an arch that seems to date from the early Roman period.
Thus, the author of John and probably not only a source he inherited knows Jerusalem rather intimately. Archaeological research proves that the author of John, and in my opinion not only one of his sources, had been in Jerusalem and knew it well. In fact, he — and not a putative source — knows much about Jerusalem.
These are difficult to read, so with the Zuckerman brothers I arranged for the copper scroll to be re-photographed. The rest of the reading is not clear. Richardson with others Leiden, New York: Brill, [revised edition] vol. Charlesworth Inadvertently, while developing his narrative, he reveals to his reader that he knew Jerusalem. His comments seem grounded in history; they are not simply a rhetorical ploy.
New Testament scholars often assume too much about the historical setting of the Birkath ha-Minim. They frequently presuppose one or more of the following: What are the facts, as best we can discern? The Amida [18 Benedictions] took final form after 70 but they antedate 70 by decades, and maybe more. The exact number may have been set in the first century, but the words were changed over time.
May there be no hope for the apostates, And speedily uproot the kingdom of arrogance in our own day. May they be blotted out of the book of living, And not be written with the righteous. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who subdues the arrogant. Robinson pointed out, the Amida does not demand or even indicate any ex- pulsion from a synagogue.
Mohn Paul Siebeck , vol. Walter de Gruyter, p.
Meyer- Stone Books, esp. Charlesworth g It is conceivable that the Birkath ha-Minim helps explain the appea- rance of ajposunavgwgo" in John, but it is far from clear that this is the case, and any dating based on the Birkath ha-Minim is now too speculative. It denotes, essen- tially, expulsion from the synagogue. A hapax legomenon in John is not proof of a terminus technicus that mirros sociology and history. Expulsion from a Jewish assembly or synagogue is not a sufficient da- tum upon which to date John. In contrast to an influential viewpoint, usually associated with the brilliant suggestions made by R.
Martyn, I wish to point out that if one viewed only ajposunavgwgo" in John, one might suggest that John was written long before Paul was expelled from, and violently thrown out of, many synagogues. They seem thus to belong to the first edition of John. What then could be the catalyst for expulsion of Johannine Jews from the synagogue? It could be the presence of Essenes and especially Sama- ritans among the Jews who belonged to the Johannine community.
Then Pilate killed the principal leaders of the Samaritans. The Samaritans appealed to the governor of Syria, Vitellius, and charged Pilate with slaughtering the victims. Their Concepts and Beliefs, 2 vols. The Magnes Press, Charlesworth sent Marcellus to replace Pilate, and sent the latter to Rome to account for his actions. A Galilean Jew Wars 2. Then Cumanus marched against the Galileans Jews and slew many of them Wars 2.
Meanwhile, the Samaritans complained to Quadratus, the governor of Syria, charging the Galileans with what is tantamount to insurrection. It is obvious that Samaritans, on the one hand, and Galilean and Judean Jews, on the other, were engaged in factional skirmishes Ant In evaluating these conflicts, it is important to remember that Samaritans are also Jews; according to Josephus they claim to be kinsmen suggenei'" of the Jews; however, they probably claimed to be Jews only when it profits them Ant 9. An explanation of ajposunavgwgo" seems not to reside in the Amida, but in a thought embedded in John: These words may echo the thoughts of those who cast Johannine Jews out of the synagogue.
The variants in 4: Charlesworth If Samaritan members of the Johannine community could not attend synagogue services in Jerusalem, but other Jews in the community could, some tension would exist among the followers of Jesus. Obviously, for John it is far better to be one and confess openly belief in Jesus than to attend the synagogue cf.
Do these incidents help us understand the need for Johannine Jews to remain united, although there was much formerly to separate them?
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Many experts thought, it was composed late in the second century. In the last few decades of research, this position has been almost totally abandoned. Hengel has shown in his famous Judentum und Hellenismus, Greek influence had already penetrated deep within Jewish thought long before the first century CE, so Greek influences in John are not indicative of a non-Jewish setting for the book.
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Greek influence in Palesti- nian Jewish thought, moreover, antedates the conquest of Alexander the Great in the late fourth century BC. Many experts now rightly consider John as one of the most Jewish of the canonical gospels. These scholars point to the theology and christology in John, and argue that Johannine thought is developed and advanced. They conclude that John must therefore be late and composed long after the Synoptics.
Obviously John does contain advanced theological and christological ideas. New Testament theology cannot be shown to have developed chronologically.
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It is nothing less than anti- Jewish to claim that advanced thoughts are possible only when 37 Smalley, John, p. Some of the most advanced theological thoughts are found deep within Judaism, and preserved, for example, in the Rule of the Community esp. As I have stressed for thirty years, what was needed was not more development of thought; what was required was only the transference of thought from an ambiguous eschatological figure to Jesus Christ.
After 70 Judaism does seem to be characterized by two competing groups: Even if this assessment is accurate, we need to admit that we know too little about Judaism prior to 70 and even far less about Judaism from 70 to Such translation methodology, which has been domi- nant for centuries, ignores the narrative setting of the plural noun.
He has left there note the adverb of place in He, a Jew, flees Je- rusalem with his Jewish followers. This plural noun should not be used as definitive proof that John is late. It is certainly conceivable that the final redactor brought out the perspective of Judaism that was evident after This move also makes sense within a gos- 38 J. In fact, he, almost alone among the authors of the New Testament documents, is a valuable witness to baptist groups active along the Jordan River before 30 or 70 CE.
We also know about these baptist groups of Jews because of the study of the Apocalypse of Adam and Sibylline Oracle 4. It was only then that the authors of Egerton Papyrus 2, the Gospel of Peter and the Gospel of Truth clarified that John was being quo- ted, commented on, or influential. The earliest known example of an exegeti- cal commentary on John was by the Valentinian Heracleon c.
This is a specious argument. The date that we can discern when an author is quoted by another author depends on numerous factors, and only one of them concerns the date of the composition of the book under examination. First is the author of the document that may have quoted from the book whose date is being discerned; many authors of documents, like hymnbooks, do not quote another or rework sources to the point of annihi- lating any trace of what had been a source of inspiration. Second is the paucity of our knowledge of what writings were available in the early second century CE.
Third is the availability of a document in areas far removed from where it was composed. There are, however, some excellent scholars who contend that Ignatius of Antioch knew John, and that would place the composition of the Fourth Gospel long before CE. Some Johannine experts contend that this indicates that John was composed sometime around or after CE.
This in- fluential early Christian thinker was a theologian and not a historian. He was 39 See S. Mohr [Siebeck], vol. Pagels is concerned, of course, with the gnostic exegesis of John. Charlesworth concerned about the authority of John and used the argument of apostolicity to strengthen his case that John the apostle was the author. One can scarcely claim that he had scientifically examined the evidence for the authorship and date of John. We also need to remember that what would be called orthodoxy was not always the first evidence of Christianity in the major cities.
Thus, Irenaeus is an important witness to John, but his witness is scarcely that of a scientist, an historian, or an impartial observer. Even if Irenaeus is correct that John took final shape around , this only indicates the possible date of the final form of John minus 7: These observations lead us to our first discovery: All the reasons that require dating John late — that is, sometime after 90 CE — have vanished. There is no longer a consensus regarding the date of John. The dates of the compositions of the first and second editions of John are now open for discussion.
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What is the probable date of the present shape of John? As we have seen there is no consensus regarding this issue. However, another consensus may be developing; it may be that there has been a mar- ked shift in certainty regarding the lateness of John. In any case, according to many Johannine experts, the date of John is now open for debate. We need to keep in mind the date of the final form of John and also the date of the earliest edition of John.
At the outset, I shall focus only on the former issue: Recognizing that the final form of John may have known Mark, but was independent of the Synoptics, would suggest a date sometime between 70 and 90 CE. John, even in chapter 2 when Jesus is compared to the Temple, shows no obvious knowledge of the burning of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple in Granted that the extant presentation of this episode seems to make better sense after 70 than before it, there is no compelling evidence to demand it must have been composed after This failure to note the grea- test event in the history of Judaism from the Maccabean rebellion to the Bar Kokhba revolt is surprising if John is post Could it mean that a form of John was composed before 70?
Numerous observations lead to the speculation that John was composed long before Here are some of these factors: John is amazingly knowledgeable of places in Jerusalem. He stresses that Jesus was a Jew and the Jewish festivals are prominent in this gospel. Charlesworth before 70 when worship was active on both mountains, than after it, when Jews i.
Samaritans continued worshipping only on Mount Gerizim. After 70 some opponents of John could point out that Jesus was a false prophet, because he did not realize that worship would continue on Mount Gerizim where Samaritans worship, and sacrifice the Passover lamb, even now in the 21st century. They are part of the first edition of John and also the second edition, of course.
We have come to our second discovery: What would prove John is the earliest gospel? It is difficult to think of what would convince all, or most, Johannine scholars that John is the earliest gospel. If I were to find a fragment that could be dated to circa 80 CE what would that mean? Let me explain such a hypothetical situation in light of what has tran- spired recently. I have finished work on an unknown fragment of Joshua that may have once been in Cave IV.
I sent a small sample to Professor D. The report was encouraging. If this were the only evidence of Joshua, the scientific analysis would only prove that the scroll is ancient, and that the terminus ad quem for composition would be 73 CE. It is clear, then, if I were to find a fragment of John that could be dated palaeographically to about 80 CE, some scholars could conclude that it could date from the late nineties and others from the early sixties.
So, palaeography and AMS C will not prove that a hitherto unknown fragment of John must antedate 70, since to do so would mean that it could conceivably date from the first century BCE, and that is patently impossible since John cannot antedate Jesus and the events it describes. Items from the past do not come already interpreted.
They must be in- terpreted and archaeologists disagree, sometimes markedly, on the date and importance of an item. Our best method for assessing the date of John is the extant text of John and its aporiae, and evidence of being edited and expan- ded. All dating demands interpreting, and that changes with our quantum leap in understanding the origins of the Palestinian Jesus Mo- vement. Is it not obvious that John in its present form has been shaped by insertions, additions, and editing? All scholars know that 7: These verses are not preserved in the early manuscripts of John.
Some scholars contend that John is a unity and does not contain further ad- ditions. The most recent argument in this direction was published by M. Most scholars contend that John was expanded by a preface, 1: Chapters seem to be inserted since they break the flow of thought from chapter 14 to 18, and explain a need to stress unity, which makes sense in the face of, or after, a schism in the Johannine community.
It is clearly a move to harmonize John with the Synoptics. Scholars have discovered that John is a composite work. It has been expanded and edited. What then is the date of the first edition of John? Obviously, the first edition of John antedates the second edition, but since the latter is not known precisely, the former can only be imagined.
There is no reason to contend that it must have been composed after The early edition of John may antedate 70, but how early is not clear. It is conceivable that John may have taken shape as a gospel, using much earlier written and oral tradition, and perhaps a Signs Source,42 in the late sixties CE. In the latter part of this essay, I will make a suggestion that the first edition of John took shape between June 68 and June What then seems to be the purpose of the first edition of John, and how does that impinge upon our attempt to date it?
The first edition of John, in the judgment of many leading Johannine experts, began without the Logos Hymn. Thus, the opening verses were perhaps the following: Fortress, ; and U. Recovering the Gospel of Signs Wilmington, Delaware: Charlesworth It happened a man was being sent from God.
The name for him was John. This one came to witness in order that he might witness concer- ning the light, so that all might believe through him. That one was not the light, but he had been sent in order to witness concerning the light. Note the Semitic repetition: Is John to witness to light or to someone who is the Light? These verses are couched to invite the reader to become interested and read further.
Most important is a fact lost when the liturgical affirmation of the Lo- gos Hymn frames these verses. Questions are stimulated in the attentive reader: Who is this man sent from God? Who is this John? Who is his father? To whom is John to witness? The author carefully catches the attention of the reader. The use of foreshadowing found in these verses is a rhetorical technique that appears frequently in John. It is as if the author of John is eager for the reader to become involved in the development of the story. He is a gifted thinker and writer — and in my judgment a genius.
Also evident in these opening verses in John is the narrative use of anonymity. Most importantly, who is the Light? Most experts on John rightly perceive that Beck, The Discipleship Para- digm: Charlesworth Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book. These things are written that you may begin to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that be- lieving you may have life in his name. Moreover, the next sentence Thomas, confronted by the resurrected Jesus, confesses: The book begins with improper, or in- complete, confessions: In the middle of the first edition, a man born blind makes confessions that placard the proper means of confessing.
Finally, the man is cured of his physical and spiritual blindness, and he offers the proper confessional per- spective. Thus, the first edition of John is a drama, in which the author continuously reveals what it means that Jesus is from above, and in which the reader learns the proper confession to make about this One. It is not readily apparent how these observations help us in dating the first edition of John. They contrast markedly with Luke 1: The author of John writes as if the reader has never heard about John or Jesus. Boismard is certainly correct to argue that the earliest portion of John was intended to convert other Jews, but Boismard targets the Samaritans.
Brown rightly saw that Samaritans were part of the Johannine community.
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Paulist Press, esp. The first edition of John was intended to serve as a mis- sionary document, and not to deepen faith in Jesus as the Christ the Son of God. It was intended to lead the reader to ask questions. It was written as if no other gospels had been composed. Is John indirectly or directly influenced by Essene symbolism and dualism?
Over fifty years of research on the Essene scrolls found in the eleven caves near Khirbet Qumran has been fruitful. They probably gathered together into somewhat isolated communities on the fringes of villages or cities. While John the Baptizer may have once been a member of the Qumran Community, he certainly left it. Jesus seems to have some links with the Essenes, but there is far more evidence that he was anti- Essene than that he was an Essene. Charlesworth North Richland Hills, Texas: The most impressive points of similarity are found in dualism.
While dualism is found almost everywhere in ancient Mediterranean civili- zations, a dualistic paradigm with termini technici that have been eruditely developed are found only in Zurvanism, Qumranism, and John. What is the dualistic paradigm? It is a focused and highly developed thought pattern whereby opposites are arranged in two mutually exclusive lists.
Here is the paradigm in an abstract ideal form: God or Time Angel of Light Angel of Darkness Spirit of Light Spirit of Darkness Angel of Truth Angel of Perversity [or Lies] Spirit of Truth Spirit of Falsehood the Holy Spirit the Unholy [or Evil] Spirit Sons of Light Sons of Darkness Ways of Light Ways of Darkness Ways of Truth Ways of Perversity walking in light walking in darkness 51 the light of life the darkness of life good works of humans evil works of humans the eyes of the enlightened the eyes of the blind eternal rewards eternal punishment the grace of God the wrath of God fullness of grace fullness of wrath the works of God the works of Satan eternal life annihilation This dualistic paradigm is found developed in the Rule of the Community, and is focused in only two columns: This masterpiece may antedate Qumran and was most likely composed by the Righteous Teacher or one of his close associates.
This dualistic paradigm, and its termini technici, ap- peared here for the first time in the history of western civilization and would subsequently influence distinguished literature. I have no reason to doubt that 1QS 3. Wherever these Sons of Light went, they would take this paradigm and these terms with them. Crossroad, [the first edition of this book appeared in ] pp. Stegemann is convinced that the teaching is pre-Essene and shaped by Babylonian ideas. Charlesworth Notice the termini technici and paradigm developed in these two co- lumns of the Rule of the Community 3.
Nothing can be changed. Charlesworth, Rule of the Community and Related Documents, ed. Westminster John Knox Press, Just like the paradigms we memorize when we studied Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and other languages, this is a light-darkness paradigm of dualism. The author perhaps developed portions of this paradigm on a strip of leather that has not been recovered or identified.
The dualism is not absolute. It is modified, especially by monotheism all were created by One , and time the Angel of Darkness and evil will cease to exist at the Endtime [cf. The dualism is cosmic, involving cosmic beings, and it is centered on the human: The concern of the author or authors of 1QS 3: Predestination and pre-birth allocation of a portion of darkness to a Son of Light, which is explicit in the Horoscopes 4Q , seems implied in this focused section of 1QS.
Thus, we learn that the portion of darkness in a Son of Light is the point of influence for the Angel of Darkness. Charlesworth firmly established in all the works of God, leaning on his great mercy; and a spirit of knowledge in all work upon which he is intent, zeal for righteous precepts, a holy intention with a steadfast purpose; and great affection towards all the Sons of Truth; and a glorious purity, loathing all unclean idols, and walking with reservation by discernment about everything, concealing the truth of the mysteries of knowledge.
Note the ethical dimension of this light- darkness paradigm excerpted from 1QS 4. Sons of Light Sons of Truth Sons of Darkness a spirit of humility and patience pride and haughtiness great compassion and constant goodness wickedness and falsehood prudence, insight atrocious disguise and falsehood wonderful wisdom blindness of eyes and deafness of ears a spirit of knowledge stiffness of neck and hardness of heart zeal for righteous precepts shameless zeal for abominable works a holy intention with steadfast purpose great hypocrisy great affection towards all the Sons of Truth fury, great vileness a glorious purity filthy ways in unclean worship loathing all unclean idols greed and slackness in righteous activity walking with reservation by discernment walking in all the ways of darkness concealing the truth of the mysteries of knowledge evil craftiness While the dualism is deeply moral, it is also fundamentally cosmic: With the exception of Zurvanism, which seems to have influenced the Qumran author of this grand paradigm, this light-darkness paradigm of dua- lism is found nowhere else in Jewish sources, and it is not found in Greek or Latin documents.
It only casts its light on other compositions. Two other points need to be emphasized. First, this teaching is at the heart of the Rule of the Community, and — in my judgment — had to be me- morized by every Essene at Qumran and perhaps elsewhere.
That is why the light-darkness paradigm is reflected in other documents closely related to the Essenes e. Charlesworth a document, it is possible, indeed in the eyes of many experts often probable, that the author has been influenced by this dualistic paradigm. Not only the paradigm but also the termini techinici appear in John.
There should be no doubt that Essene influence is found in John. What is significant are two key terms, both of which were developed at Qumran or in Essene circles; these are the Spirit of Truth and the Holy Spirit. These Qumranic creations appear in a passage that is dualistic. As at Qum- ran, so in the Johannine community, outside the closed community that has special knowledge from God is a hostile world that is ignorant and beyond salvation.
It is also very interesting that the author of John has Jesus, probably early in the evening cf. I side with those scholars who judge the appearance of these words in John not to be mere coincidence; it seems that the author of John knew the ideas and concepts found in the Rule of the Community — clearly, the quintessential teaching among the Essenes.
It is possible that John had once memorized this Essene lore; and that would not demand that he had been an Essene. It seems more likely that he knew Essenes, most likely ones who were living in the Johannine Community, and influenced the development of Johannine theology and christology with their terms and perceptions. Would there be a better way to honor Essene priests who were joining the Palestinian Jesus Movement than to couch the new economy of 54 See, for example, the many publications by D. Flusser, notably his Judaism and the Origins of Christianity Jerusalem: Charlesworth salvation employing words developed and memorized by those who were revered as learned scholars within Early Judaism cf.
Jesus said to them: Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light. As I have stressed for over thirty years,56 and is evident in the major commentaries, especially those written by Brown, Schnackenburg, Ashton, and others, John is influenced by Essene symbolism and dualism.
This scenario helps explain my hypothesis that Essenes are being attracted to the Johannine community. Geoffrey Chapman Publishers, and New York: In Honor of D. Westminster John Knox, pp. Ruckstuhl has contended that the Beloved Disciple was once an Essene. He had once lived in the Essene settlement in Jerusalem.
Where do these Essene influences appear in John? The Essene dualistic paradigm and termini technici are found in chapters 8, 12, and This Essene concept does appear, for example, in Neither of these verses, however, has other Essene terms or concepts, and each seems derived from a passage within John, namely Amazon Drive Cloud storage from Amazon. Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally.
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