Exegeting the Jews: The Early Reception of the Johannine “Jews”

Michael G. Azar, Ph.D. (2013, Fordham University), is Assistant Professor of Theology/Religious Studies at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.

Die Lektüre stimmt nachdenklich und ist jedem zu empfehlen, dem die antijüdische Wirkungsgeschichte des Johannesevangeliums ein Wissenschaftliches Anliegen ist. - Hans Förster, in: Theologische Revue, 2018The argument is dense and detailed, supported by a wealth of footnotes and quotation, often in the original Greek, and a substantial bibliography. [Azar’s] work is to be commended for its thoroughness and for the insights it offers into the approaches of these influential church leaders. - Ruth B. Edwards, in: The Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 2017

• ContentsIntroduction1 The Modern Reception of the Ancient Reception of John’s “Jews”Theologians and Historians of Jewish-Christian RelationsEnter the New Testament ScholarsReadings of the Johannine Jews in Late Antiquity: Summary of Argument2 Origen of AlexandriaOrigen’s Commentary on John: BackgroundsOrigen and the Johannine Christ: Teachers of Divine ThingsCorporeal Christians, Johannine Jews, and the Resistors of Divine ThingsOrigen, Contemporary Gnostics and Jews, and John3 John ChrysostomJohn Chrysostom and the Homilies on JohnJohn Chrysostom as Imitator of ChristJohn Chrysostom’s Audience as Imitators of the Johannine JewsThe Jews of Antioch and John Chrysostom’s Reading of the Johannine Jews4 Cyril of AlexandriaCyril’s Commentary on John: BackgroundsCyril and the Johannine Christ: Teachers of Orthodox DoctrineThe Johannine Jews as Catalysts of Orthodox DoctrineCyril’s Reading of the Fourth Gospel and Contemporary Jews5 ConclusionSummary: Ancient and Modern Readings of John’s JewsReflections on the Ancient and Modern Readings