The Temple of Jesus' Body: The Temple Theme in the Gospel of John (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)
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Overview
This book is a study of the Johannine Christian response to the fall of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 C.E.. A crucial text in this investigation is Jn 2.13-22 and its context, which provide a lens through which other texts in John are viewed. Kerr's examination of the Temple festivals of Passover, Tabernacles, Dedication suggests that Jesus fulfils and replaces these, while in the case of the Sabbath he effects a transformation. The overall conclusion is that the Johannine Jesus replaces and fulfils the Jerusalem Temple.
Top Highlights
“temple’ or ‘sanctuary’.18 He also made a connection between Jn 14:2–3 and 8:35 (a verse concerned with membership” (Pages 4–5)
“I will argue that the urgent question of the time was, What is to replace the Temple? And I will endeavour to demonstrate that the Johannine answer is Jesus.” (Page 4)
“the Temple being under judgment and that Jesus replaces the Temple as the locus of Father’s glory.” (Page 6)
“The thesis of this study is that the Gospel of John offers a distinctive answer to these questions, especially the second, What now? John offers a Christian (more precisely ‘christological’) response to the Fall of the Temple in 70 ce. He presents Jesus as the one who fulfils and replaces the Temple and its associated festivals.” (Page 34)
“Jesus himself, as the new Temple, will be destroyed and raised again. There is therefore no future for the old Temple and its sacrifices. God no more dwells within its walls, and its sacrifices have been replaced by Jesus, the Passover sacrifice. Jesus is now the house of the Father. God dwells in Jesus.” (Page 82)
- Title: The Temple of Jesus' Body: The Temple Theme in the Gospel of John
- Author: Alan Kerr
- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
- Publication Date: 2002
- Pages: 432
- Volume 220 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series
Alan Kerr received his Ph. D. from University of Otago and is currently living in Dunedin, New Zealand.