Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
Religious Studies
First Advisor's Name
Erik Larson
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee chair
Second Advisor's Name
Oren Stier
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
Whitney Bauman
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
reception history, gospel of john, early christianity, patristics
Date of Defense
11-9-2015
Abstract
The identification of the speakers in John 3:13-21 and 3:31-36 has remained a longstanding question in biblical studies, confirmed by the difference of opinion in commentaries and the lack of agreement over the placement of quotation marks in contemporary versions of the Bible. The scholarly debate has centered on whether these passages ought to be interpreted as continuations of the words of Jesus and the Baptist, or as authorial commentary appended to their respective discourses. The purpose of this study was to remedy this interpretive difficulty by approaching the question from a wholly different angle: that of tracing the reception history of John 3 in the patristic period (up to A.D. 450). By critically surveying how these earliest readers of John’s Gospel interpreted the speakers, this thesis provides a fresh basis for evaluating the divergent theories of modern commentators and for reconsidering the placement of quotation marks in Bible versions.
Identifier
FIDC000208
Recommended Citation
Paulovkin, Jeremy S., "The Patristic Reception of the Speakers in John 3" (2015). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2325.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2325
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