Trauma & Typoi

The Fourth Gospel as Warning Not Example

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ID3264101
AutoresJolyon G R Pruszinski (0000-0002-0965-0144, Princeton University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume14
Fascículo1
Páginas27
Data de publicação2022-12-23
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14010027
OpenAlexW4312173565
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas36

There are at least four traumatic events that likely lie behind the Gospel of John: (1) Jesus' death and inaccessibility, (2) the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, (3) the Johannine community's excommunication from the synagogue, and (4) the loss of the Beloved Disciple. Evidence of all of these traumas can be found in the Gospel itself and, as extant, the Gospel exhibits a number of strategies for addressing these experiences of suffering. Working from Gaston Bachelard's observations regarding literature produced in response to suffering, this paper outlines the textual evidence for each of these experiences of suffering, notes the responses to them that the Gospel displays, and seeks briefly to evaluate the responses for the TYPOI (patterns/examples/warnings) they provide. In short, the Fourth Gospel employs psychologically attractive, compensatory responses to experiences of loss. However, it deploys in parallel a toxic cocktail of anti-Jewish polemic, condemnation of "the world", and self-protective, sectarian insularity. Regarding whether the text's trauma response can be viewed as exemplary for ethically-minded Christians, Desmond Tutu's 2009 statement, "there are certain parts [of the Bible] which you have to say no to", is directly applicable, while the warning the text's example suggests is significant

Biblical studies · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Gospel · Judaism · Psychoanalysis · Theology · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Social Movements and Cultural Identity · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy

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