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Johanneische Christologie zwischen Genese und Geltung

  • Jörg Frey
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Christology Revised
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Abstract

More than any other text, the Gospel of John has contributed to the shape of Ancient Christian Christology. For contemporary theological reflection, however, it appears problematic in its high Christology, its unhistorical portrayal of Jesus, its exclusive theology of revelation, and its anti-Jewish features. The article identifies the problems and mentions the often unconvincing exegetical attempts to ‚save‘ this gospel from criticism. After some brief remarks on the historical framework, the article describes the basic tension between the Johannine high Christology and the paradoxical conception of the incarnation. Then, the author freshly reconstructs the making of Johannine Christology from its Jewish background and its synoptic presuppositions. Special attention is paid to the appropriate logic of the reading, from eschatology to protology or from the end to the beginning. Finally, the article phrases some theological theses on the content and the theological claim to validity of Johannine Christology.

Abstract

More than any other text, the Gospel of John has contributed to the shape of Ancient Christian Christology. For contemporary theological reflection, however, it appears problematic in its high Christology, its unhistorical portrayal of Jesus, its exclusive theology of revelation, and its anti-Jewish features. The article identifies the problems and mentions the often unconvincing exegetical attempts to ‚save‘ this gospel from criticism. After some brief remarks on the historical framework, the article describes the basic tension between the Johannine high Christology and the paradoxical conception of the incarnation. Then, the author freshly reconstructs the making of Johannine Christology from its Jewish background and its synoptic presuppositions. Special attention is paid to the appropriate logic of the reading, from eschatology to protology or from the end to the beginning. Finally, the article phrases some theological theses on the content and the theological claim to validity of Johannine Christology.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Inhaltsverzeichnis V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. I Paradigmen: Kreuz – Auferweckung – Menschwerdung
  5. Die Auferweckung des Gekreuzigten 9
  6. Ökumenische Inkarnations-Christologie heute. Modernitätstheoretische Sondierungsversuche 37
  7. Die Bedeutung der patristischen Christologie für die Christologie heute. Historische und systematische Perspektiven 57
  8. Johanneische Christologie zwischen Genese und Geltung 77
  9. Im Horizont des Dialogs. Zur Entwicklung evangelisch-theologischer Versöhnungslehre und ihrem Beitrag zu interkonfessioneller und interreligiöser Verständigung 107
  10. II Author meets Critic: Heinrich Assel, Elementare Christologie 1–3, 2020
  11. Das kritische Erbe der theologia crucis in der Versöhnungslehre angesichts feministischer Kritik und black theology. Heinrich Assels Elementare Christologie 1 135
  12. Das kritische Erbe der theologia crucis und die politische Christologie 153
  13. Evangelien-Hermeneutik und „Jesus Remembered“. Heinrich Assels Elementare Christologie 2 167
  14. Gedächtnis, Geschichte, Vergessen – Jesus Remembered 179
  15. Inkarnationschristologie und messianisches Denken im Dialog mit dem jüdischen Philosophen Emmanuel Levinas. Heinrich Assels Elementare Christologie 3 195
  16. Gott ist Mensch, creator est creatura. Sprachlogische und schöpfungsphilosophische Horizontöffnungen eines Dialogs über Inkarnation des Menschen und Menschwerdung Gottes 213
  17. Transitorische Momente der Christologie – göttlich-menschliches Miteinander am Kreuz? 229
  18. III Author meets Critic: Bruce McCormack, The Humility of the Eternal Son, 2021
  19. ‘The Humility of the Eternal Son’ 259
  20. Eine mögliche Antwort aus Sicht der Theologie Eberhard Jüngels 269
  21. Kenotische Erbengemeinschaft. Hans-Georg Geyer und Bruce McCormack als legitime Erben der Christologie Karl Barths 281
  22. Author Meets Critics: Response 295
  23. IV Christology – Revised
  24. Der Koran und der christliche Inkarnationsglaube 315
  25. Christology today. Remarks on some proposals and possible ways forward 337
  26. Incarnation and the Body. Intercorporeal Considerations 353
  27. Coram cruce oder cum cruce? Gerhard Ebelings regulativer Gebrauch der theologia crucis 373
  28. Christologie als theologische Meta-Ethik. Einige Erwägungen zur ethischen Relevanz christologischer Reflexion 387
  29. Register der Namen 409
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