Crowds, Bread and Fame: John 6.1-15 and History Revisited

From the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century it was common to regard the unique conclusion to the Johannine account of the Feeding of the Five Thousand (6.15) as one of the most important episodes in Jesus' public career. This view has all but disappeared from current Jesus research. This a...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ferda, Tucker S. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage [2019]
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Jahr: 2019, Band: 42, Heft: 2, Seiten: 139-161
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Brotvermehrung / Bibel. Johannesevangelium 6,14-15 / Jesus Christus / Politik / Geschichtlichkeit
RelBib Classification:CG Christentum und Politik
HC Neues Testament
NBF Christologie
TA Geschichte
weitere Schlagwörter:B historical reliability of John
B Messianism
B Historical Jesus
B John and the Synoptics
B Feeding of the Five Thousand
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Zusammenfassung:From the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century it was common to regard the unique conclusion to the Johannine account of the Feeding of the Five Thousand (6.15) as one of the most important episodes in Jesus' public career. This view has all but disappeared from current Jesus research. This article revisits, challenges and ultimately reframes this thesis with the help of some recent developments in historical method in Jesus studies. The argument is this: even if the exact scenario in Jn 6.14-15 is not historical, the episode captures an important political dimension to Jesus' activities that probably is historical and can illuminate other events in his life as well. Historians were right to highlight Jn 6.14-15, if perhaps for the wrong reasons.
ISSN:1745-5294
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0142064X19873520