John 18:28-19:22 and the Paradox of Judgement
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How can the Johannine Pilate declare Jesus both innocent and guilty of making himself King of the Ἰουδαῖοι? In this study, Blake Wassell applies new Roman and Jewish contexts to this paradox.
In this study, Blake Wassell applies new Roman and Jewish contexts to a Johannine ambiguity, which is Pilate declaring Jesus both innocent and guilty of making himself King of the Ἰουδαῖοι. Pilate repeats that he finds in Jesus no basis for the accusation, and yet he also writes the content of the accusation in the inscription on the cross. The paradox leads readers into another paradox: the Ἰουδαῖοι make themselves the accused as they make the accusation, and Jesus conquers as he is conquered. The author analyses how they destroy the temple of his body, so that he can raise it and how they exalt him, so that he can reveal himself.
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Blake Wassell
Born 1991; 2019 PhD in Theology, University of Otago; currently sessional lecturer in the School of Theology, Australian Catholic University.
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