This dissertation was aimed to explain that the author of John's Gospel installed a device of paradigm shift in each of the four structural parts of John chapter 5 in order to solve the conflict between the monotheism of Judaism and high-Christology. For this purpose, this dissertation showed John 5...
This dissertation was aimed to explain that the author of John's Gospel installed a device of paradigm shift in each of the four structural parts of John chapter 5 in order to solve the conflict between the monotheism of Judaism and high-Christology. For this purpose, this dissertation showed John 5 could be divided into four parts, namely 'Healing at Bethesda(5:1-9a)', 'Sabbath controversy(5:9b-5:16)', 'Blasphemy controversy(5:17-30)', and 'Witnesses of Jesus(5:31-47). Each part of these was analyzed and found with a respective device of paradigm shift: The paradigm shift from 'law' to 'grace' in 'Healing at Bethesda(5:1-9a); paradigm shift from 'understanding of Sabbath condemning Jesus' to 'understanding of Sabbath acknowledging Jesus as the Son of God' in ''Sabbath controversy(5:9b-5:16)'; paradigm shift from 'the monotheism of Judaism' to 'new view on God of Christianity' in 'Blasphemy controversy(5:17-30)'; and paradigm shift from 'interpretation of Old Testament condemning Jesus' to 'interpretation of Old Testament witnessing Jesus' in 'Witnesses of Jesus(5:31-47). The fundamental intention of the author of John's gospel behind these series of device was best presumed to be related with his insight into the intrinsic conflict between the monotheism of Judaism and high-Christology. Since the author had no illusion about the possibility that high-Christology might be able to overcome the constraint of the monotheism of Judaism, he chose to urge Jewish readers to have proper understanding of the new view on God of Christianity through paradigm shift instead of taking the strategy of persuading them of high-Christology within the boundary of monotheism-based thought of Judaism. This new view on God of Christianity was built on the monotheism of Judaism, and thus God is unique. However, in the new era the Word became flesh and showed God to men. In this addition, in a newly established covenant, all could become God's children through the means of 'grace.' This new view on God of Christianity could be understood neither from the viewpoint of the monotheism of Judaism nor with complete denial of the monotheism. It was necessary for the Jewish readers to make a drastic change of perspective for their appropriate response to this new Divine self-revelation in Jesus. The device of paradigm shift introduced in this dissertation should be distinguished from the theory of replacement advocated by other scholars. The theory of replacement could be explained as a concept grasping the pattern in which the Jewish institutions and feasts were individually replaced by Jesus in John's gospel. On the other hand, the device of paradigm shift raised to the surface the manner in which the author of John's gospel urged the Jewish readers to convert their perspectives. In other words, this dissertation absorbed all the elements pointed out individually and occasionally under the theory of replacement and reevaluated them in a more systematic and organic Christological current. Through this, this dissertation exposed the author's strategy to put forth Jesus' identity as God against the constraint of the monotheism of Judaism, riding on a wave of the systematic and organic Christological current. In the meantime in this dissertation, the keen contrast between the law of the Old Testament and Jesus of the New Testament was assumed in connection with the force of direction from 'the old order' to 'the new order' explained by this dissertation. However, it was different from the Pauline theology, emphasizing the sharp confrontation between the law and grace shown in such Pauline epistles as Galatians. Above all, Paul and the author of John's gospel were different from each other in their purpose of writing. Paul, as the apostle of the gentiles, was committed to defend the essence of gospel in terms of 'salvation through grace' amid the attacks from the Judaists who sought to add legal elements as condition for salvation. On the other hand, the attention of the author of John's gospel primarily focused on addressing true identity of Jesus as One equal to the Father against the misinterpretation of the law by the Jewish authority whose main goal was to harm Jesus and Christians. Thus the concept of the paradigm shift asserted by this dissertation was not founded on the notion that the law ought to be abolished totally. Its concept was rather based on the argument that it was time to shift to new Jesus-centered standpoint so that all of the Old Testament might be reinterpreted in Jesus-centered manner. Despite the sensitivity of this issue, few of the previous studies on John chapter 5 have dealt with the clash between the monotheism of the Judaism and Jesus' identity as God. It was because they mostly neglected the organic unity of John chapter 5 in terms of the theological message and conducted studies only on one or two structural parts. Even the small number of studies on this issue were rather confined to the boundary of the question: "In what kind of socio-historical and theological context, by whom, why and how the high-Christology of John's gospel was formed despite the constraint of the monotheism of Judaism around AD 1st century?" Therefore those studies could not provide an in-dept analysis on the text itself. Unlike them, this dissertation studied the argumental logic of the author in the text. Therefore it not only can explain how the author polemized high-Christology to the Jews who were exclusively monotheistic but also can relate more appropriately to the practical issues today's missionaries are confronted with in mission fields concerning their struggle with the unbelievers in monotheistic culture like Judaism and Islam.
This dissertation was aimed to explain that the author of John's Gospel installed a device of paradigm shift in each of the four structural parts of John chapter 5 in order to solve the conflict between the monotheism of Judaism and high-Christology. For this purpose, this dissertation showed John 5 could be divided into four parts, namely 'Healing at Bethesda(5:1-9a)', 'Sabbath controversy(5:9b-5:16)', 'Blasphemy controversy(5:17-30)', and 'Witnesses of Jesus(5:31-47). Each part of these was analyzed and found with a respective device of paradigm shift: The paradigm shift from 'law' to 'grace' in 'Healing at Bethesda(5:1-9a); paradigm shift from 'understanding of Sabbath condemning Jesus' to 'understanding of Sabbath acknowledging Jesus as the Son of God' in ''Sabbath controversy(5:9b-5:16)'; paradigm shift from 'the monotheism of Judaism' to 'new view on God of Christianity' in 'Blasphemy controversy(5:17-30)'; and paradigm shift from 'interpretation of Old Testament condemning Jesus' to 'interpretation of Old Testament witnessing Jesus' in 'Witnesses of Jesus(5:31-47). The fundamental intention of the author of John's gospel behind these series of device was best presumed to be related with his insight into the intrinsic conflict between the monotheism of Judaism and high-Christology. Since the author had no illusion about the possibility that high-Christology might be able to overcome the constraint of the monotheism of Judaism, he chose to urge Jewish readers to have proper understanding of the new view on God of Christianity through paradigm shift instead of taking the strategy of persuading them of high-Christology within the boundary of monotheism-based thought of Judaism. This new view on God of Christianity was built on the monotheism of Judaism, and thus God is unique. However, in the new era the Word became flesh and showed God to men. In this addition, in a newly established covenant, all could become God's children through the means of 'grace.' This new view on God of Christianity could be understood neither from the viewpoint of the monotheism of Judaism nor with complete denial of the monotheism. It was necessary for the Jewish readers to make a drastic change of perspective for their appropriate response to this new Divine self-revelation in Jesus. The device of paradigm shift introduced in this dissertation should be distinguished from the theory of replacement advocated by other scholars. The theory of replacement could be explained as a concept grasping the pattern in which the Jewish institutions and feasts were individually replaced by Jesus in John's gospel. On the other hand, the device of paradigm shift raised to the surface the manner in which the author of John's gospel urged the Jewish readers to convert their perspectives. In other words, this dissertation absorbed all the elements pointed out individually and occasionally under the theory of replacement and reevaluated them in a more systematic and organic Christological current. Through this, this dissertation exposed the author's strategy to put forth Jesus' identity as God against the constraint of the monotheism of Judaism, riding on a wave of the systematic and organic Christological current. In the meantime in this dissertation, the keen contrast between the law of the Old Testament and Jesus of the New Testament was assumed in connection with the force of direction from 'the old order' to 'the new order' explained by this dissertation. However, it was different from the Pauline theology, emphasizing the sharp confrontation between the law and grace shown in such Pauline epistles as Galatians. Above all, Paul and the author of John's gospel were different from each other in their purpose of writing. Paul, as the apostle of the gentiles, was committed to defend the essence of gospel in terms of 'salvation through grace' amid the attacks from the Judaists who sought to add legal elements as condition for salvation. On the other hand, the attention of the author of John's gospel primarily focused on addressing true identity of Jesus as One equal to the Father against the misinterpretation of the law by the Jewish authority whose main goal was to harm Jesus and Christians. Thus the concept of the paradigm shift asserted by this dissertation was not founded on the notion that the law ought to be abolished totally. Its concept was rather based on the argument that it was time to shift to new Jesus-centered standpoint so that all of the Old Testament might be reinterpreted in Jesus-centered manner. Despite the sensitivity of this issue, few of the previous studies on John chapter 5 have dealt with the clash between the monotheism of the Judaism and Jesus' identity as God. It was because they mostly neglected the organic unity of John chapter 5 in terms of the theological message and conducted studies only on one or two structural parts. Even the small number of studies on this issue were rather confined to the boundary of the question: "In what kind of socio-historical and theological context, by whom, why and how the high-Christology of John's gospel was formed despite the constraint of the monotheism of Judaism around AD 1st century?" Therefore those studies could not provide an in-dept analysis on the text itself. Unlike them, this dissertation studied the argumental logic of the author in the text. Therefore it not only can explain how the author polemized high-Christology to the Jews who were exclusively monotheistic but also can relate more appropriately to the practical issues today's missionaries are confronted with in mission fields concerning their struggle with the unbelievers in monotheistic culture like Judaism and Islam.
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#요한복음 유대교 유일신 기독론 Monotheism of Judaism John Five High Christological Polemics
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