Raymond Brown, 'the Jews,' And The Gospel Of John: From Apologia To Apology (the Library Of New Testament Studies)
by Sonya Shetty Cronin /
2015 / English / PDF
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Until the mid-1960s, most commentators of the Gospel of John were
aware of a polemic against 'the Jews,' yet they did not consider
it with reference to contemporary ethical discussion. A shift in
focus in Johannine scholarship is noticeable from the mid-1960s
and 1970s to the present, where commentators began to connect the
Gospel's polemic against 'the Jews' with potential anti-Judaism
in the text. As yet, very little work has been done to answer the
question of how this change in sensitivity came about. This book
is a historiography of one scholar's growing awareness of
potential anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John with the intention
of using this individual history to explain the larger trend in
biblical studies. Sonya Cronin examines the published work of
Raymond Brown, a prominent Catholic New Testament scholar,
between the years 1960-1998. The book contextualizes Brown's work
by evaluating the impact of ecclesiastical statements and the
influence of earlier and contemporary Johannine scholarship on
Brown's biblical interpretation, and then posits theories as to
why change occurs at specific times.
Until the mid-1960s, most commentators of the Gospel of John were
aware of a polemic against 'the Jews,' yet they did not consider
it with reference to contemporary ethical discussion. A shift in
focus in Johannine scholarship is noticeable from the mid-1960s
and 1970s to the present, where commentators began to connect the
Gospel's polemic against 'the Jews' with potential anti-Judaism
in the text. As yet, very little work has been done to answer the
question of how this change in sensitivity came about. This book
is a historiography of one scholar's growing awareness of
potential anti-Judaism in the Gospel of John with the intention
of using this individual history to explain the larger trend in
biblical studies. Sonya Cronin examines the published work of
Raymond Brown, a prominent Catholic New Testament scholar,
between the years 1960-1998. The book contextualizes Brown's work
by evaluating the impact of ecclesiastical statements and the
influence of earlier and contemporary Johannine scholarship on
Brown's biblical interpretation, and then posits theories as to
why change occurs at specific times.
