The Reception History of the Epistles of John: Reconsidering the Dates of Their Composition
In the history of reception of the Epistles of John, no scholar has yet to propose any universally accepted tradition of authorship or date of composition. The writing of 2 John (and, credibly, 1 John), I argue, was the product of the last decade of the second century by proto-orthodox Christian apo...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2025
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The catholic biblical quarterly
Jahr: 2025, Band: 87, Heft: 2, Seiten: 334-356 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bibel. Johannesbrief 2.
/ Bibel. Johannesbrief 3.
/ Bibel. Johannesbrief 1.
/ Marcion, Sinopensis ca. 2. Jh.
/ Montanismus
/ Pseudepigraphie
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| RelBib Classification: | HC Neues Testament KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum TB Altertum |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Authorship
B Early Christianity B date of composition B Epistles of John B Reception History |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In the history of reception of the Epistles of John, no scholar has yet to propose any universally accepted tradition of authorship or date of composition. The writing of 2 John (and, credibly, 1 John), I argue, was the product of the last decade of the second century by proto-orthodox Christian apologists who campaigned not only to offset the rising influences of their opponents but to expunge them from Christianity. The process extended over decades of intra-Christian tensions and christological debates. The anti-heretical movement in the second half of the second century and the early third century targets Marcion and Montanus, whose ideas are directly countered by a number of theological statements in 2 John and 1 John. Yet there is no trace of the reception of 3 John in extant records until the first half of the fourth century, when the epistle is suddenly and mysteriously collated in [inline-graphic 01] and B. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2025.a958262 |
