The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative

That the Scripture May Be Perfected

The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative

That the Scripture May Be Perfected

David M. Allen (Author)

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How do Israel's Scriptures inform the account of Jesus's cruciform death in the Gospel of John? What does it mean for John's portrayal of Jesus's death to be “according to the Scriptures”? The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative: That the Scripture May Be Perfected argues that they are the focal element of the Johannine portrayal, and without them, John's Passion Narrative simply makes no sense. Whether through the evangelist's appeal to the fulfilment of Scripture (with such fulfilment accompanying the very moment of Jesus's death) or whether through allusions to the narratives of Creation or Passover, Israel's Scriptures provide the Passion Narrative's veritable heartbeat. This book also considers the impact of John's scriptural usage on the very concept of Scripture itself, contending that Scripture is brought to perfection by Jesus's actions and to a new standing or status in this regard. David M. Allen examines how the use of Scripture in the Passion account impacts the Fourth Gospel's own self-understanding, arguing that its capacity to pronounce on Scripture's fulfilment attests to the Gospel's own self-avowed, scriptural credentials.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Scripture and the Fourth Gospel
Chapter 1: Mapping the Territory
Chapter 2: Quotation Usage in John's Passion Narrative
Chapter 3: Allusion Usage in John's Passion Narrative
Chapter 4: The Implications of Scriptural Usage in John's Passion Narrative (1): For Israel's Scriptures
Chapter 5: The Implications of Scriptural Usage in John's Passion Narrative (2): For the Fourth Gospel
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

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Published	Jun 05 2024
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	236
ISBN	9781978715608
Imprint	Fortress Academic
Illustrations	3 tables
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Series	Interpreting Johannine Literature
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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David M. Allen

With such attention to detail, this volume is not written for the casual reader. Any graduate student working in the Gospel of John will want to examine this volume as well as anyone studying the concept of Scripture usage. Strongly recommended for research libraries.

Religious Studies Review
This is a much-needed book on the fourth Gospel and the Scriptures of Israel. Through considered and careful analysis of quotation and allusion, Allen clearly demonstrates the essential place of scripture in the Johannine passion narrative. However, this volume goes beyond evaluating the texts themselves to provide a compelling account of the relationship between John's Gospel and scripture, both in terms of John's understanding of the Scriptures of Israel and John's understanding of his own writing. Allen's discussion is engaging and insightful making this a must-read volume for anyone wanting to understand this Gospel.

Steve Smith, Lecturer in New Testament Studies, St. Mellitus College, London
David Allen offers a rich and compelling account of the profound indebtedness of the Johannine Passion narrative to the Scriptures of Israel. With great clarity and insight, the study explores how the Jewish Scriptures shape and are also understood to be shaped, even “perfected,” by John's narration of Jesus' death, and thus how both, symbiotically, play an integral role in the Gospel's own claim to the status of “Scripture.”

Catrin Williams, professor, University of Wales Trinity Saint David