Texte und Themen rund um das meist gelesene Buch der Welt
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…Die kanadische Professorin Adele Reinhartz hat versucht, mit dem impliziten Autor des vierten Evangeliums Freundschaft zu schließen. Hier geht der Busenfreund des Messias (indem ich seine Feder führe) auf ihr Freundschaftangebot ein, indem er darum wirbt, ihn als jüdisch-messianischen Kämpfer für die Befreiung Israels von der römischen Weltordnung ernstzunehmen.
…Wird durch Ostern das jüdische Passahfest gar nicht himmelhoch überboten? Auch Juden glauben an Auferstehung. Ist Ostern das Fest der weltweiten Befreiung durch den Messias Jesus, die am „Tag eins“ der neuen Schöpfung bescheiden damit beginnt, dass er seine Jünger dazu auffordert, seinen „heiligen Geist“, die Inspiration der Heiligung, anzunehmen, um durch die Solidarität der agapē die Weltordnung zu überwinden?
…Reinhartz’ reading of John’s Gospel corresponds to its Gentile Christian, otherworldly understanding, common since the 2nd century. But was not John firmly rooted in the Scriptures of the Jews and proclaiming a Messiah who overcomes the Roman world order through solidarity?
…Actually, instead of “Die Welt anders” Ton Veerkamp had wanted to call his book “Voice only.” Because according to the Bible, “God” is not a supreme being, but the voice that in the Torah of Israel authoritatively brings forward a basic order of freedom and equality. I strongly recommend his challenging book for reading.
…The English translation of Ton Veerkamp’s interpretation is here combined with a colometrical English translation of the Gospel of John also based on publications by Ton Veerkamp and on the “Complete Jewish Bible” (Copyright Dr. David H. Stern. Used with Permission from Messianic Jewish Publishers,
…After his proclamation as Messiah by John, Jesus gathers disciples. The “Messianic wedding” at Cana clarifies his goal: the restoration of Israel’s unity with its God; through this, Israel experiences liberation from death, which emerges from the “other sign” at Cana, the healing of a royal official’s son.
…On the occasion of five Judean festivals, the Messiah Jesus brings about the liberation of Israel from paralysis, hunger, blindness, and death in four signs, but his Judean opponents do not accept him, even former confidants abandon him, his kingship is zealotically misunderstood: as the Messiah, he remains hidden.
…The world order, represented by Pilate, murders Jesus, the King of Israel. By voluntarily taking upon himself the death on the cross, the Messiah is ascending to the FATHER, thus handing over to his disciples GOD’s inspiration of fidelity. This Holy Spirit of solidarity is overcoming the world order.
…In the end, John’s group, inspired by Jesus, breaks out of its sectarian isolation „behind locked doors“ for joining the Judeo-Messianic movement led by Peter, not without preserving a certain independence. Following the Messiah means „letting oneself be girded“ to solidarity, like Jesus in the washing of the feet.
…Von To[n Veerkamp ursprünglich veröffentlicht unter dem Titel „Der Abschied des Messias“ in der exegetischen Zeitschrift Texte & Kontexte (2006/2007), hier – verbunden mit seiner in derselben Zeitschrift publizierten Übersetzung des Evangeliums (2015) – überarbeitet und neu herausgeben von Helmut Schütz, Gießen, 2021.