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Zusammenfassung This study not only carefully investigates the Jewish tradition of water and Spirit as the normative background of John 4, but also develops temple Christology by connecting these distinct traditions of water and the Spirit as eschatological life for John's use of Spirit as the source of new creational life.The aim of this thesis is to answer the following three crucial questions in order to sustain the development of the temple Christological theme in John 4: 1) What does the image of water represent?; 2) What does it mean to worship in Spirit and truth?, and 3) How do the disparate parts (water scene [4:6-15] and the Spirit scene [4:20-26]) function as a whole? Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Various Scholarly Interpretations of John 4:1-26 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE 1. Survey of the Various Interpretations of John 4:1-26 a. Various types of interpretations 1. Historical-biographical 2. Symbolical (allegorical) 3. Salvation-historical (sacramental) 4. Reader-response criticism 5. Betrothal type scene 6. Christological (soteriological) b. Interpretations of the symbol of water 1. Water as a symbol for Revelation (Teaching/ Torah/ Wisdom)2. Water as a symbol for the life-giving Spirit c. Interpretations of the Spirit 1. Spirit as human spirit 2. Spirit as the revealer 3. End-time new creational Spirit Summary 2. Water: A life-giving symbol in early Jewish literature (CA. 2nd Century BCE to 1st Century CE) INTRODUCTION 1. Literal Usage 2. figurative Usage 3. Water as an element of Judgment 4. Water as a cleansing agent 5. Life-giving restoration usage a. Edenic motif 1. Comparison of early Jewish and OT Garden of Eden Traditions 2. The theme of life in the Garden of Eden 3. References representing life with water as the source of life a. Genesis 2:10 b. 2 Enoch 8c. The Apocalypse of Abraham 21 d. 1QH 16:4-26 1. 16:4-15 Literary analysis of content and structure 2. 16:4-15 OT parallels 3. 16:16-26 Literary analysis of content and structure 4. 16:16-26 OT Parallels e. Joseph and Aseneth 2:17-20 b. Water as a heavenly gift of life 1. Earthly blessings of life a. Dew as a heavenly gift b. Water as a source of life for people c. Water as a producer of a fertile harvest 2. End-time blessings........... a. Dew as an eschatological gift b. Water producing a fertile harvest and providing new creational life for people in the eschatological age Summary 3. The Concept of Spirit in Early Jewish Literature INTRODUCTION 1. 'Spirit of Prophecy' effecting charismatic revelation. 2. 'Spirit of Prophecy' effecting charismatic wisdom 3. 'Spirit of Prophecy' effecting prophetic speech 4. 'Spirit of Prophecy' effecting worship and praise 5. Spirit and power a. Creative Power 1. 4 Ez 6.39-41 a. Literary analysis of content/ context and structure b. OT Parallels ................. 2. Jud 16.13-14 ............ a. Literary analysis of content/ context and structure b. OT Parallels ............ b. Power and transformation-empowerment to do battle 1. LAB 27.10, 36.2 ......... a. Literary analysis of content/ context and structure b. OT Parallels .......... c. Power effecting ethical behavior 1. JosAsen 4.7 (8-10) [Jub 40.5-9] a. Literary analysis of content/ context and structure b. OT Parallels .......... 2. 1QH 8.15, 20 .....
