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Informationen zum Autor Esther Kobel is professor of New Testament at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. Meredith Warren is senior lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies and Director of the Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. Jo-Ann A. Brant is professor emeritus of Bible, Religion and Philosophy at Goshen College, USA. Klappentext Friendship and other intimate (but not always amicable) relationships have received some attention in the greater field of research on early Judaism and Christianity, though not as much as deserved. This volume celebrates and builds upon the life-long work of Adele Reinhartz, covering the various permutations of relationships that can be found in the Gospel of John, the wider corpus of early Jewish and Christian literature, and cinematic re-imaginings thereof. While the issue of whether one can 'befriend' the Fourth Gospel in light of the book's legacy of antisemitism is central to many of the essays in this volume, others address other more or less likely friendships: Pilate, Paul, Lazarus, Judas, or Mary Magdalene. Likewise, the bonds between ancient texts and contemporary retellings of their stories feature prominently, with contributors asking what kinds of relationships filmmakers encourage their audiences to have with their subjects. This volume explores some of the rich variety of relationships in the ancient world, and unpacks the intricate and dynamic processes and interactions by which human relationships and societies are generated, maintained, and dissolved. Vorwort This volume examines the centrality of relationships in the understanding of identity in early Christianity and Judaism. Zusammenfassung Friendship and other intimate (but not always amicable) relationships have received some attention in the greater field of research on early Judaism and Christianity, though not as much as deserved. This volume celebrates and builds upon the life-long work of Adele Reinhartz, covering the various permutations of relationships that can be found in the Gospel of John, the wider corpus of early Jewish and Christian literature, and cinematic re-imaginings thereof.While the issue of whether one can ‘befriend’ the Fourth Gospel in light of the book’s legacy of antisemitism is central to many of the essays in this volume, others address other more or less likely friendships: Pilate, Paul, Lazarus, Judas, or Mary Magdalene. Likewise, the bonds between ancient texts and contemporary retellings of their stories feature prominently, with contributors asking what kinds of relationships filmmakers encourage their audiences to have with their subjects. This volume explores some of the rich variety of relationships in the ancient world, and unpacks the intricate and dynamic processes and interactions by which human relationships and societies are generated, maintained, and dissolved. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of ContributorsAbbreviations Introduction Part I. Gospel of John Chapter One: Befriending the Beloved Disciple Requires Interventions - Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, USA Chapter Two: Intimacy with Jesus: Construction of Closeness by Gender Diversity in John - Peter Wick, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Chapter Three: Was Pilate a “Friend of the Emperor? (John 19:12)? - Ruben Zimmermann, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany Chapter Four: John among the Synoptics? Understanding the Institutional World of the Fourth Gospel in Light of Other Early Gospels - Anders Runesson, University of Oslo, Norway Chapter Five: False Friends in the First Gospel - R. Alan Culpepper, Mercer University, USA Part II. Letters of Paul Chapter Six: “Put Out of the Synagogue”: A Pauline Unpacking of a Johannine Trope - Paula Fredriksen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel ...
