Johannine Social Identity Formation after the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple (Hardcover)

Christopher A. Porter

ISBN 10: 9004469818 / ISBN 13: 9789004469815

Published by Brill, Leiden, 2021

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Hardcover. In Johannine Social Identity Formation after the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple Christopher Porter reads the Fourth Gospel through the lens of social identity theory as means of reconciling the social dislocation and trauma of the destruction of the Jerusalem temple. Analysing the Fourth Gospel in conversation with other temple-removed texts of Qumran, Philo, and Josephus the gospels intent to renegotiate cultic life without the temple can be seen. Through this analysis it is argued that the Fourth Gospel primarily functions as an intra-mural Jewish text, attempting to negotiate the formation of a Jesus-follower social identity in direct continuity with earlier Jewish shared social narratives. Finally, this work reviews the Johannine Community as an outcome of the Gospel identity formation. In Johannine Social Identity Formation Christopher Porter examines the Fourth Gospel as a social identity formative text in the aftermath of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70CE. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Johannine Social Identity Formation after the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Brill, Leiden
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004469818
• ISBN 13: 9789004469815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In Johannine Social Identity Formation after the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple Christopher Porter reads the Fourth Gospel through the lens of social identity theory as means of reconciling the social dislocation and trauma of the destruction of the Jerusalem temple. Analysing the Fourth Gospel in conversation with other temple-removed texts of Qumran, Philo, and Josephus the gospel’s intent to renegotiate cultic life without the temple can be seen. Through this analysis it is argued that the Fourth Gospel primarily functions as an intra-mural Jewish text, attempting to negotiate the formation of a Jesus-follower social identity in direct continuity with earlier Jewish shared social narratives. Finally, this work reviews the Johannine Community as an outcome of the Gospel identity formation.

About the Author

Christopher A. Porter, Ph.D. (2019), Ridley College (ACT), is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity. Previously working in socio-cognitive psychology, his focus is on the application of social identity theory to socio-religious groups.