Aposynagōgos and the historical Jesus in John
Subtitle: rethinking the historicity of the Johannine expulsion passages
By: by Jonathan Bernier
Series: Biblical interpretation series -- volume 122; Biblical interpretation series -- v. 122.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden, the Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9789004254480; 9789004257795
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Birkat ha-Minim; Bibel; Bible; Geschichtlichkeit; Historicity of Jesus Christ; Historicity; Ausschluss; Criticism, interpretation; Synagoge
Description: In 'Aposynagogos and the Historical Jesus in John', Jonathan Bernier utilizes the critical-realist hermeneutics developed by Bernard Lonergan and Ben F. Meyer to survey historical data relevant to the Johannine expulsion passages (John 9:22, 12:42, 16:2). He evaluates the major two contemporary interpretative traditions regarding these passages, namely that they describe not events of Jesus' lifetime but rather the implementation of the Birkat ha-Minim in the first first-century, or that they describe not historical events at all but serve only to construct Johannine identity. Against both traditions Bernier argues that these passages plausibly describe events that could have happened during Jesus' lifetime.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McMaster University, 2013 under title: The historical Jesus and the Johannine aposynagōgos passage.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Aposynagōgos, the Birkat ha-minim, and contemporary synagogue studies; title: Aposynagōgos and Jesus' messianic identity; title: Aposynagōgos and empire; title: Intention and knowledge : aposynagōgos and the direct pattern of inference; title: Conclusion.