Johannine epistles as reaction to Marcionism?
Johannine epistles as reaction to Marcionism?
Are the Johannine Epistles a reaction to Marcionism.
If they aren't a reaction to Marcionism, then what are they are reaction to?
Are there any good resources that address this topic?
If they aren't a reaction to Marcionism, then what are they are reaction to?
Are there any good resources that address this topic?
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Re: Johannine epistles as reaction to Marcionism?
They're definitely against docetism, which could include Marcionism.
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to rgprice,
For 1 John, the reaction was against Ebionites and Jewish Christians. That's what I concluded in http://historical-jesus.info/jnorig.html#author.
2 & 3 John were written much later.
Cordially, Bernard
For 1 John, the reaction was against Ebionites and Jewish Christians. That's what I concluded in http://historical-jesus.info/jnorig.html#author.
2 & 3 John were written much later.
Cordially, Bernard
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In reading 1 John, it seems quite interesting that there are so many similarities between 1 John and the Gospel of John, yet 1 John doesn't seem to know any actual information from the Gospels.
I wonder if 1 John may have been written by the same person who wrote the Gospel of John, prior to his writing of the Gospel. Has anyone proposed this? What analysis is out there regarding a shared authorship between the Johannine epistles and GJohn?
Interestingly, neither 1 John nor GJohn talk about Jesus being born. Both attest that be was made flesh, but say nothing of his birth. GJohn of course still says Jesus had a mother, however, as the Synoptics do.
I wonder if 1 John may have been written by the same person who wrote the Gospel of John, prior to his writing of the Gospel. Has anyone proposed this? What analysis is out there regarding a shared authorship between the Johannine epistles and GJohn?
Interestingly, neither 1 John nor GJohn talk about Jesus being born. Both attest that be was made flesh, but say nothing of his birth. GJohn of course still says Jesus had a mother, however, as the Synoptics do.
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Same person? No way. Same circles, different (later) author for the gospel than for the epistle. The differences are too stark, and the Gospel seems to misunderstand the meaning of 1 John 5.6 (water and blood = baptism and death) at John 19.34 (water and blood = death only); also, for 1 John 2.1 the Paraclete is Jesus, whereas for John 14.16 the Holy Spirit is another Paraclete, thus revealing 1 John to be the source for this equation.
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Yeah, this has set me straight: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10 ... 4X19890490
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to rgprice and Ben,
Cordially, Bernard
I did that here: http://historical-jesus.info/jnorig.html#authorI wonder if 1 John may have been written by the same person who wrote the Gospel of John, prior to his writing of the Gospel. Has anyone proposed this? What analysis is out there regarding a shared authorship between the Johannine epistles and GJohn?
Cordially, Bernard
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Re: Johannine epistles as reaction to Marcionism?
to Ben,
if 1 John was written early, even earlier than when gMark got known among the targeted audience, then we can expect changes on certain theological points. Added to that, with gJohn written over a long period, we can expect more of those (which I found).
Read my web pages starting at http://historical-jesus.info/jnintro.html.
Cordially, Bernard
if 1 John was written early, even earlier than when gMark got known among the targeted audience, then we can expect changes on certain theological points. Added to that, with gJohn written over a long period, we can expect more of those (which I found).
Read my web pages starting at http://historical-jesus.info/jnintro.html.
Cordially, Bernard
Re: Johannine epistles as reaction to Marcionism?
Is there a specific datum in in the Johannines that suggests a Marcionite background?
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Τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψεύστης εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀρνούμενος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Χριστός; οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱόν. (1 John 2:22)
Do you know about the drunk who lost his car keys and only looks for them near the street lamp, because the light is really good over there?