Atonement and Martyrdom in the Gospel of John

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ID21477008
AutoresJason J Ripley (St. Olaf College, autor de correspondencia), Jason Ripley (St. Olaf College Northfield, MN USA)
Año2020
Volumen42
Número1
Páginas58-89
Fecha de publicación2020-04-30
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHorizons in Biblical Theology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-9085 • E-ISSN: 1871-2207
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/18712207-12341403
OpenAlexW3022453194
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas6

Does the Gospel of John portray Jesus’ death as an atoning sacrifice? This paper offers a new approach to the revelation vs. sacrifice impasse in scholarship, arguing that Jesus’ atoning death in John should be understood with reference to the non-cultic atoning deaths of the Jewish martyrdom traditions. After critically engaging scholarship, I contextualize John within post-biblical debates regarding sacrificial martyrdom, focusing on the competing reconfigurations of non-cultic atonement in the Maccabean literature. I subsequently show how Jesus’ atoning martyrdom reveals his anti-violent way of the cross as the true martyrdom and atoning sacrifice accepted by God, thereby resolving key tensions within Johannine scholarship. I then demonstrate how this vision of atonement addresses John’s understanding of sin as ignorance and addresses an audience itself facing threats of martyrdom (John 16:2). I conclude with some reflections on how John’s vision of atonement critically differs from later theological theories, particularly penal substitution

Art · Atonement · Epistemology · Gospel · Historical Jesus · Ignorance · Judaism · Literature · Political science · Revelation · Sacrifice · Scholarship · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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