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Dining With John: Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and Its Historical and Cultural Context PDF
391 Pages
2011
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EnglishPreview Dining With John: Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and Its Historical and Cultural Context
Dining with John Biblical Interpretation Series Editors Paul Anderson YvonneSherwood AssociateEditor Rolf Rendtorff EditorialAdvisoryBoard Janice Capel Anderson – Phyllis A. Bird Erhard Blum – Werner H. Kelber Ekkehard W. Stegemann – VincentL. Wimbush Jean Zumstein VOLUME109 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.nl/bins Dining with John Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and its Historical and Cultural Context By Esther Kobel LEIDEN•BOSTON 2011 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Kobel,Esther,1977- DiningwithJohn:communalmealsandidentityformationintheFourthGospelandits historicalandculturalcontext/byEstherKobel. p.cm.–(Biblicalinterpretationseries,ISSN0928-0731;v.109) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-21778-2(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Bible.N.T.John–Socio-rhetoricalcriticism.2.DinnersanddiningintheBible.3. Identification(Religion)–History.I.Title. BS2615.6.D56K632011 226.5'067–dc23 2011034518 ISSN0928-0731 ISBN9789004217782 Copyright2011byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. Formyhusband and alltheothermembersofmyfamily CONTENTS ListofAbbreviations................................................... xiii Preface ................................................................. xix . Introduction ....................................................... 1 .. HypothesisStatement....................................... 1 .. LineofArgumentation...................................... 2 .. Socio-RhetoricalMethodology............................. 4 .. BriefOutlineoftheChapters ............................... 11 .. Presuppositions ............................................. 15 ... GospelofJohn ...................................... 15 ... Identity .............................................. 33 .. Contribution ................................................ 36 . TheStateoftheQuestion.......................................... 37 .. SociologicalImportanceofMealsinIdentityand CommunityFormation ..................................... 37 .. CommunalMealsinNewTestamentScholarship ......... 40 .. FoodIssuesinJohannineScholarship...................... 61 .. Conclusion:DemonstrationofGapandDefinitionof Question..................................................... 65 PARTI NARRATIVE . RoleofMealScenesandDiscoursesonFoodandDrinkinthe NarrativeoftheFourthGospel ................................... 69 .. Introduction................................................. 69 .. MealScenesPunctuatetheJohannineNarrative........... 70 .. BriefDiscussionofEachMealScene....................... 72 ... TheWeddingatCana,John:–................. 72 ... JesusandtheWomanofSamaria,John:– .... 73 ... TheFeedingoftheFiveThousand,John:– ... 74 ... TheBreadofLifeDiscourse,John:–......... 75 ... RiversofLivingWater,John:–............... 77 viii contents ... TheMealinBethany,John:– ................ 77 ... Jesus’LastMealwithHisDisciples,John– ... 78 ... Jesus’DrinkontheCross,John:.............. 79 ... TheMealontheShoreoftheSeaofTiberias, John .............................................. 80 .. MeaningsandMotifs........................................ 80 ... TheJohannineMeal-Inclusio....................... 81 ... SymbolismaroundWhatIsConsumed............ 82 ... Jesus’“Guests”:GroupIdentityofJesusandHis Disciples............................................. 86 ... CommunityExperiencesTiedtoMealScenes..... 91 ... TheologicalorSpiritual............................. 95 .. Conclusion .................................................. 104 PARTII MEALACCOUNTSANDDISCOURSES ABOUTFOODANDDRINKINTHELIFEOF THEJOHANNINECOMMUNITY . MealsasConstructionSitesforIdentityintheHellenistic Mediterranean:ComparisonwithOtherGroups ................ 111 .. Introduction................................................. 111 .. QumranCommunity/EsseneCommunity................. 112 ... Introduction......................................... 112 ... MealsintheCommunitybehindtheDeadSea Scrolls ............................................... 114 ... MealsintheEsseneCommunity/Communities ... 122 ... Conclusion .......................................... 125 .. Therapeutae ................................................. 127 ... Introduction......................................... 127 ... Philo’s“DeVitaContemplativa” .................... 127 ... Conclusion .......................................... 131 .. Haburoth .................................................... 132 ... Introduction......................................... 132 ... MishnaDemaiandToseftaDemai ............. 133 ... FurtherRabbinicSourcesonHaburoth............ 138 ... PassoverHaburah................................... 140 ... Conclusion .......................................... 140 contents ix .. PaulineCommunities....................................... 141 ... Introduction......................................... 141 ... Corinth.............................................. 142 ... Galatia............................................... 145 ... Rome ................................................ 146 ... Conclusion .......................................... 147 .. CommunalMealsintheActsoftheApostles.............. 148 ... Introduction......................................... 148 ... Acts:–;:–;:,–..................... 149 ... Acts:–: ..................................... 150 ... Acts............................................... 152 ... Acts:–,–;:–;:–.......... 154 ... Conclusion .......................................... 155 .. DidacheCommunity........................................ 156 ... Introduction......................................... 156 ... TheMealinDidache–.......................... 158 ... TheMealinDidache............................. 164 ... Fasting,Didache:;:;: ....................... 165 ... SustenanceofProphetsandtheGivingof First-Fruits,Didache– ........................ 166 ... EschatologicalGatherings,Didache ............ 167 ... Conclusion .......................................... 168 .. Conclusion .................................................. 169 . DiscursiveI:Johnand“theEucharist”............................ 173 .. Introduction................................................. 173 .. EucharisticAllusionsinJn:TheFeedingofthe andtheBreadofLifeDiscourse ............................ 175 ... John:– ......................................... 175 ... John:– ........................................ 177 ... John:–a....................................... 177 ... John:b–....................................... 178 ... John:– ........................................ 186 .. Excursus:ReadingJohnagainstJewishTraditions....... 188 ... TracesofRabbinicTraditions....................... 189 ... TracesofWisdomTradition........................ 191 .. FootwashingasaReplacementoftheEucharistinJesus’ LastMeal(John) ......................................... 192 ... FootwashinginAntiquity........................... 200 ... MeaningoftheFootwashinginJohn ........... 203
