Race in John's Gospel
Toward an Ethnos-Conscious Approach
Abstract
Directly or indirectly, race makes many appearances in the Fourth Gospel. What is the meaning of all this attention to ethnic labels? Race in John's Gospel investigates how John reflects the racialized ideas current in its milieu, challenging some and adapting others. Ultimately, John dismisses race as valid grounds for prejudice or discrimination, devaluing the very criteria on which race is based. The cumulative effect of this rhetoric is to undermine the category itself, exposing earthly race as irrelevant and illusory. However, John's anthropology is layered, and looks beyond this unimportant earthly level. Above it, John constructs a heavenly level of racial identity, based on one's descent from either God or the devil.
Schlagworte
New Testament Galileans Gospel of John Judeans Ethnicity Race as construct Race in John Race in antiquity Racialization Samaritans- i–xvi Preface i–xvi
- 211–216 Conclusion 211–216
- 217–240 Epilogue 217–240
- 243–254 Bibliography 243–254
- 255–262 Index 255–262
- 263–264 About the Author 263–264