Pub Date : 2020-10-22DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198784241.003.0009
Benjamin Reynolds
The Gospel of John is similar to Jewish apocalypses because it is revelatory literature with a narrative framework in which an otherworldly mediator discloses heavenly revelation to a human recipient. The Gospel of John is a revelatory narration of Jesus’s life. Modern genre theory’s use of prototypes to assess participation in a genre allows for a methodologically sound way to compare the Gospel to Jewish apocalypses. Although it is similar in numerous ways, the Gospel does not participate in the genre of apocalypse. Instead, it participates in the gospel genre, yet is qualified by the genre of apocalypse. This understanding of the Gospel as “apocalyptic” Gospel aids in the interpretation of John’s presentation of the Law of Moses and may have been influenced more specifically by its relationship with the Apocalypse of John. This apocalyptic mode explains John’s distinctiveness from the Synoptic Gospels and its affinities with Jewish apocalyptic tradition.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-22DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198784241.003.0002
Benjamin Reynolds
Comparing the Gospel of John with Jewish apocalypses requires some understanding of what an apocalypse is. This chapter discusses contemporary understandings of what genre is and how it is determined by readers and authors. Recent genre studies have shown that humans categorize things in relation to cognitive prototypes (i.e., how closely something relates to a prototypical example). The Semeia 14 definition of “apocalypse” functions as a prototype definition, especially with its underlying “master-paradigm.” The genre of apocalypse should not be determined only by eschatological content but also by its revelatory form, spatial content, and function. The Gospel of John has been noted to share some similarities with Jewish apocalypses, but the most methodologically sound way of comparing John’s apocalyptic characteristics is to compare the Fourth Gospel with the genre of apocalypse.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-22DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198784241.003.0004
Benjamin Reynolds
The content of revelation in Jewish apocalypses is often assumed to concern eschatology, but only three of the seven elements that define the content of “apocalypse” concern eschatological aspects. In addition, Jewish apocalypses do not contain every element; however, all Jewish apocalypses include some expectation of the judgment of the wicked and the salvation or redemption of the righteous, but they do so in different ways and with varying combinations of elements from the prototype apocalypse. The Gospel of John, while not containing the popular understandings of apocalyptic eschatology, demonstrates an interest in the fate of the wicked and the righteous in recognizably similar ways. In addition, John’s focus on protology, persecution of the righteous, and especially the existence of otherworldly regions and beings indicates its similarities with the content of Jewish apocalypses.
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