“WHOM ARE YOU SEEKING?” IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL
“WHOM ARE YOU SEEKING?” IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL
Author(s): Alexander Romualdus Dimas Pele AluSubject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Universitatea Babes-Bolyai - Centrul de Studii Biblice
Keywords: Seeking; the call narrative; resurrection; arrestation; the two disciples; Mary Magdalene; Judas; failure; the Jews.
Summary/Abstract: Of the four Gospels, the fourth Gospel uses the word “ζητέω” most often. The question “Whom are you seeking?” which is typical of the Evangelist, is addressed to various interlocutors: once to the two disciples of John the Baptist (Τί ζητεῖτε 1:38) and Mary Magdalene (τίνα ζητεῖς 20:15), and twice to the people who were going to arrest Jesus (Τίνα ζητεῖτε 18:4,7). The purpose of this research is to study a hypothesis: The seeking of Jesus by the two disciples in the call narrative (1:35-42) and Mary in the resurrection narrative (20:1-18) frame the failure of the Jews in the arrestation narrative (18:1-11).
Journal: Sacra Scripta
- Issue Year: XVIII/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 97-118
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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