Revelation and Self-Perception in the Gospel of John

In this study, Ole Jakob Filtvedt engages with recent scholarly discussion on ancient notions of self and self-perception, applying these concepts to the encounters between Jesus and John the Baptist, Nicodemus, the Jews and Pharisees, Peter, and Pilate. The author demonstrates that these encounters involve a relationship between two sets of questions. The first set concerns revelation : Do the characters recognize who Jesus is and what he has to offer? The second concerns self-perception : Do the characters recognize what they lack and what they need? By exploring how these two sets of questions relate to each other, the study probes whether there is a connection in John between the degree to which characters recognize who Jesus is and the degree to which they recognize their own situation.

Product details

• Authors: Ole Jakob Filtvedt
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9783161568282
• ISBN: 978-3-16-156828-2
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament; WUNT I
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity