Auf den Spuren eines gnostischen Motivs im vierten Evangelium

Hubai, Peter (2013) Auf den Spuren eines gnostischen Motivs im vierten Evangelium. Acta Antiqua, 53 (1). pp. 73-100. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

The Gospel of John differs fundamentally from the synoptic Gospels, both as an historical source and a literary work. Some scholars consider that this gospel is to be interpreted from gnosis, a 2nd-century Mediterranean religious movement. Others deny this connection, assuming that John’s Gospel originates earlier than the emergence of the gnosis. This paper concentrates on the typical Johannine, and gnostic, motif of “misunderstanding”, which is reflected in the Fourth Gospel as faithlessness and sin. We will examine parallels in the recently discovered Gospel of Judas and in the writings of the Nag Hammadi Library. We will also attempt to interpret the function of “misunderstanding”.

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