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The Jewish Targums and John's logos theology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ronning, John L., 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [2010]
Subjects:
Logos (Christian theology)
Bible. > John > Theology.
Bible. > Old Testament. > Aramaic > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Three plausible proposals
  • A preliminary case for deriving the logos title from the Targums
  • How John has adapted the divine word of the Targums as a title for Jesus
  • John's motives for the logos title
  • The Old Testament background to John 1:14-18
  • The manifestation of the glory of the Lord in the tabernacle and the temple
  • Word, glory, and Shekinah in the Targums
  • John 1:14-18 and Exodus 33:18-34:7
  • The name of the Father and the mission of Jesus
  • The name of the Father
  • The meaning of the Tetragrammaton
  • The name of the Father is given to the son
  • The mission of Jesus : explaining the divine name
  • The Son of Man came down from heaven
  • The divine descents in the OT
  • Why Jesus called himself "the Son of Man"
  • The call and fall of the new Adam in the OT
  • Jesus of Nazareth, the son of war
  • Jesus of Nazareth, man of war
  • Some general statements of warfare and victory
  • Jesus in the footsteps of Joshua and David
  • Jesus of Nazareth, divine man of war
  • Another look at Joshua 4 and 2 Samuel 15
  • John 18:2-9; the disciples saved by the presence of the Lord
  • John 19; the warrior priest-king is anointed and does battle
  • Jesus the bridegroom of his people
  • Connection to the theme of Jesus as warrior
  • The woman at the well in the OT
  • How the OT background illumines John 4
  • The Samaritan woman as symbolic of the Bride of Christ
  • Paul's great mystery
  • The Upper Room discourse in light of Jesus being the bridegroom
  • Jesus the lawgiver of his people
  • Connection to the theme of Jesus as bridegroom
  • The OT law was given through the son
  • The Upper Room as a new Sinai
  • The obedience of Jesus at the feasts
  • Jesus as the one in whom we must believe
  • Believing in Jesus the Son of Man
  • Come to Jesus in order to have life
  • Seeking Jesus but not finding Him
  • Following Jesus
  • Forgiveness and the divine word
  • The "I am He" sayings
  • Categorizing the "I sayings"
  • Analysis of the twenty-two "I am He" sayings in John
  • Unwitting prophecies in the Targums
  • Categorizing unwitting prophecies in the Targums
  • The consequences of not receiving the word of the Lord
  • Passages relating to specific incidents in John's Gospel
  • Apologetic uses of unwitting prophecies
  • "The Word became flesh" elsewhere in the New Testament
  • The baptism of Jesus
  • The transfiguration of Jesus
  • Greater than Jonah
  • Greater than Solomon
  • Jesus walks on the water
  • The divine Word as judge
  • The great commission
  • The revelation of Jesus to Saul of Tarsus
  • Paul at Corinth
  • Christ in Num 21
  • Provoking Christ to jealousy
  • The name above all names
  • Creation through the Son
  • Waiting for Christ from heaven
  • Taste and see that the Lord is good
  • The Lord and His Word as stone of stumbling
  • Jesus saved his people from Egypt
  • The superiority of the Targum view
  • Common features between the Targum view and other proposed views
  • Evaluation of arguments used against the Targum background
  • Summation and implications for Johannine scholarship
  • John's adaptation of the Targumic word
  • The unity of John's Gospel
  • Unity of authorship in the Johannine literature
  • John's audience and purpose.