Atonement and Martyrdom in the Gospel of John
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21477008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason J Ripley (St. Olaf College, corresponding author), Jason Ripley (St. Olaf College Northfield, MN USA) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-89 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Horizons in Biblical Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-9085 • E-ISSN: 1871-2207 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18712207-12341403 |
| OpenAlex | W3022453194 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
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
The Glory of the Crucified One
G.W. Bowersock, Martyrdom and Rome. The Wiles Lectures given at the Queen 's University of Belfast, Cambridge 1995, ss. 106
Ritual, rage and revenge in 2 Maccabees 6 and 7
The Jewish Dialogue with Greece and Rome
The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism
Fools, Martyrs, Traitors
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |