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Voices of the Mystics
April D. De Conick
其他書名
Early Christian Discourse in the Gospels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature
出版Sheffield Academic Press, 2001
主題Religion / GeneralReligion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / GeneralReligion / ReferenceReligion / Christian Church / History
ISBN184127190X9781841271903
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ENPYAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Mysticism in John's Gospel as a result of the dialogue on soteriology between Johannine and Thomasine Christians. The Gospel of John has always been perceived as a more mystical Gospel than the Synoptics. This book explores the mysticism of John in its historical context and puts forward evidence that the mysticism developed in this text is the result of the textualization of a dialogue between the Johannine and Thomasine Christians on the subject of soteriology. In contradiction to the Christians who revered the Gospel of Thomas and taught salvation through ascent and vision mysticism, the Johannine Gospel argues for a mysticism based on the faith experience. Evidence from the Preachings of John, the Gospel of the Savior (P. Berolinensis 22220), the Apocryphon of James, the Ascension of lsaiah, and the Dialogue of the Savior is examined to show that this soteriological controversy did not end with the composition of the Gospel of John but continued well into the second century. This book not only sheds new light on the development of Johannine ideology, but also forges a new path in New Testament socio-rhetorical criticism, particularly by developing the field of tradition interte