John and Judaism: A Contested Relationship in Context

✍ Scribed by R. Alan Culpepper; Paul N. Anderson

• Publisher: SBL Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A window into early Judaism and Christianity The Gospel of John was written during the period of the emergence of Christianity and its separation from Judaism and bears witness to their contested relationship. This volume contains eighteen cutting-edge essays written by an international group of scholars who interpret for students and general readers what the book tells us about first-century Judaism, the separation of the church from Judaism, and how John's anti-Jewish references are being interpreted today. Features: A debate over the process that led to the separation of the church from Judaism, and John's place in that process A review of recent interpretations of John's anti-Jewish references An assessment of the current status of Jewish Christian relations

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Part 1: Introduction
John and the Jews
“Is Jesus the King of Israel?”
Part 2: John as a Source for Understanding Judaism
The Gospel of John as a Source for First-Century Judaism
John, Judaism, and “Searching the Scriptures”
John, the Jews, and Philosophy
Part 3: Reappraising John’s Relationship to Judaism and Jewish Christianity
Story and History
Jesus, Ἀποσυνάγωγος, and Modes of Religiosity
Evidence of Conflict with the Synagogue in the Johannine Writings
Johannine Christian and Baptist Sectarians within Late First-Century Judaism
The Shema in John’s Gospel and Jewish Restoration Eschatology
Tensions in Matthean and Johannine Soteriology Viewed in Their Jewish Context
Matthew and John
Toward Reconfiguring Our Views on the “Parting of the Ways”
Part 4: Reading John as Jews and Christians
Anti-Judaism and the Fourth Gospel Fifteen Years after the Leuven Colloquium
Anti-Semitism and Religious Violence as Flawed Interpretations of the Gospel of John
Seed of Abraham, Slavery, and Sin
The Place of John in Christian-Jewish Relations Fifty Years after Nostra Aetate
Afterword
Works Cited
Contributors
Ancient Sources Index
Modern Authors Index