Published: 2019-02-22

The Theme of Creation in the Gospel of John

Adam Kubiś
Collectanea Theologica
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2018.88.3.01

Abstract

The article surveys recent scholarship on the use of creation imagery in
the Gospel of John, with the aim of presenting rather exhaustive register of
possible references. Both the obvious and the less clear-cut allusions to Gen
1–3 are discussed, the main focus being to accumulate and assess evidence
(for or against) all the apparent references to creation imagery. Included in
this examination are several unconvincing and even far-fetched proposals
advanced by some modern scholars, in order to give the fullest possible
picture of current discourse on these issues. After discussing the creation
theme in the Prologue (1:1–18), the article explores the presence of creation
imagery in the Book of Signs (1:19–12:50) and the Book of Glory (13:1–21:25).

Keywords:

The Gospel of John, creation, the NT use of the OT, intertextuality

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Kubiś, A. (2019). The Theme of Creation in the Gospel of John. Collectanea Theologica, 88(3), 5–38. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2018.88.3.01

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