Revelation and Self-Perception in the Gospel of John
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Beschreibung
Ole Jakob Filtvedt examines Jesus' encounters with some of the key characters in John through ancient notions of self and self-perception. He explores how characters recognize Jesus and their own needs, offering fresh insights into the interplay of revelation and self-awareness in John's narrative.
In this study, Ole Jakob Filtvedt engages with recent scholarly discussion on ancient notions of self and self-perception, applying these concepts to the encounters between Jesus and John the Baptist, Nicodemus, the Jews and Pharisees, Peter, and Pilate. The author demonstrates that these encounters involve a relationship between two sets of questions. The first set concerns revelation : Do the characters recognize who Jesus is and what he has to offer? The second concerns self-perception : Do the characters recognize what they lack and what they need? By exploring how these two sets of questions relate to each other, the study probes whether there is a connection in John between the degree to which characters recognize who Jesus is and the degree to which they recognize their own situation.
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Ole Jakob Filtvedt
Born 1984; 2014 PhD; Professor of New Testament studies at MF Norwegian school of Theology, Religion and Society.
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Characterization Epistemology Narrative Analysis Christology Anthropology