The High Priest and the Temple

Abstract

eBook PDF 89,00 € ISBN 978-3-16-156071-2 fadengeheftete Broschur 89,00 € Verö entlicht auf Englisch. Jonathon Lookadoo untersucht die Metaphern des Ignatius von Antiochien vom Hohepriester und dem Tempel, um besser zu verstehen, wie Ignatius Jesus und die Kirche betrachtete. Die Metaphern vom Hohepriester und dem Tempel sind in drei der Ignatiusbriefe eng miteinander verbunden. Die vorliegende Untersuchung hilft dem Leser, Ignatius' Darstellung von Jesus' Identität und Heilswerk zu verstehen. Der Autor beleuchtet auch, wie manche in der Leserschaft des Ignatius ihre Einigkeit unter Beweis stellen sollten. Indem er jede der Metaphern im Hinblick auf ihre rhetorische Funktion in einem bestimmten Brief sowie auf ähnliche Metaphorik in früher jüdischer und christlicher Literatur untersucht, analysiert Jonathon Lookadoo die Ignatiusbriefe in einer Weise, die nicht nur für Experten auf dem Gebiet der Ignatiusbriefe von Interesse ist, sondern auch für alle, die sich mit frühchristlichen Briefen sowie der Rhetorik und Theologie der ersten beiden Jahrhunderte n. Chr. befassen.

The Date and Authenticity of the Ignatian Letters: An Outline of Recent Discussions

“…The ramifications of debates about when Ignatius’s letters were written and whether they were authentic are significant for Ignatian studies, New Testament studies, and the study of the Jesus movement in the second century. When one considers Ignatius’s letters authentic, there is good reason to read the letters individually as occasional compositions in much the same way that the Pauline epistles are read with regard for differences in Paul’s rhetoric and audiences (Isacson 2004; see also Sieben 1978; Cavellero 1997; Lookadoo 2018a: 22-24; Piepenbrink 2018). If the letters were written as a collection by a pseudepigraphic author, one may ask if one letter stands at the center of the collection.…”

“…Paul Trebilco (2004: 629-32; 2006: 20; 2013: 297) has likewise challenged the arguments of Hübner and Lechner and argued that the Ignatian letters are best dated slightly earlier in Trajan’s reign, perhaps between 105–110 ce (see similarly Trevett 1992: 3-9; Lookadoo 2018a: 15-22). This argument agrees with the date of 107 ce that Eusebius gives in his Chronicon (for text, see Karst 1911: 228) and also suggests that Ignatius’s letters were most likely written before the time of Pliny the Younger’s correspondence with Trajan regarding early Jesus followers ( Ep.…”

The Reception of the Gospel of John in the Long Recension of Ignatius’s Letters

“…9.1, Pseudo-Ignatius misunderstands the middle recension’s reference to the high priest (ἀρχιερεύς). While the middle recension applies this term to Jesus, Pseudo-Ignatius understands it as a reference to the bishop (Lightfoot 1889–1891: II.2, 214-15; Lookadoo 2018a: 68-69). After describing church leaders as good, he turns his attention to the Holy Spirit and Jesus, who are set apart from the human leaders as holy (ἅγιος).…”

“…The latter two work together like a crane and rope. The Father is at the head of the temple as the God who is to be worshipped, while Ignatius focuses on the economic cooperation of the Son and Spirit in placing the Ephesians’ in God’s building (Lookadoo 2018a: 148-80). Pseudo-Ignatius modifies this metaphor but largely keeps the Trinity in place.…”

“… 10. For further arguments for authentic Ignatian letters and on the date of the middle recension, see Lookadoo 2018a: 15-22; 2018b. …”