The Ethics of John: Retrospect and Prospects

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72258-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, Band 227, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Over the past two decades the scholarly conversation has shifted from the practically consensus view that John has little to offer in terms of ethical content to a more robust understanding of how Johannine literature engages ethical questions. This process recently reached a milestone with the publication of two seminal tomes on Johannine ethics by Jan van der Watt. Based on the Radboud Prestige Lectures he delivered on this topic, the present volume evaluates van der Watt’s approach by submitting it to critical evaluation by leading specialists in the field, and explores future prospects for the study of Johannine ethics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Watt, Jan van der

Dulk, Matthijs den

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction Matthijs den Dulk

2 The Ethics of the Fourth Gospel: a Grammatical Approach Jan G. van der Watt

3 Beginning with God and Ending with Ethics? Some Theological Reflections on Jan van der Watt’s Ethical Grammar and Its Principles of Construction Jörg Frey

4 Die Voraussetzungen, Grund-Strukturen und Inhalte der johanneischen Ethik Udo Schnelle

5 Love of Outsiders in the Johannine Writings? A Critical Evaluation of a Tendency in Recent Research on Johannine Ethics Matthias Konradt

6 The Imitable Ethic of Self-Sacrificial Love: Johannine Ethics as a Reworking of Markan Ethics Elizabeth J. B. Corsar

7 The Centre of Johannine Ethics Cornelis Bennema

8 The Centrality of “Life” for Johannine Ethics Craig R. Koester

9 The Ethos of John’s Prologue R. Alan Culpepper

10 Consuming the Word of God: the Qualifier, Norm and Model for Ethical Conduct Susanne Luther

11 Why Should One Adopt the Ethics of John? Christoph Hübenthal

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jan G. van der Watt, DD (1986) and D.Litt (1999), University of Pretoria, is Emeritus Professor of New Testament at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Matthijs den Dulk, Ph.D. (2015), University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and the Academic Director of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion (NOSTER).