Isaiah as a Background of the Metaphorical "I am" Sayings in John’s Gospel

Autor(en)

Veronika Burz-Tropper

Abstrakt

This article tries to show that almost all of the Johannine images used in the metaphorical 'I am' sayings can already be found as 'images of God' in Isaiah. Therefore Isaiah is to be regarded as one of the main sources for the Gospel of John in developing its image of God. The Fourth Evangelist seems to have claimed all these images (bread of life, light of the world, door, good shepherd, resurrection and life, way and truth and life, vine), which he likely found in Isaiah, for his God-Jesus metaphor.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Bibelwissenschaft

Journal

Biblica

Band

102

Seiten

229-247

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

0006-0887

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2143/BIB.102.2.3289500

Publikationsdatum

2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603214 Neutestamentliche Bibelwissenschaft

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Religious studies

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/isaiah-as-a-background-of-the-metaphorical-i-am-sayings-in-johns-gospel(f7977504-2a39-48a9-93f8-ef6199867d93).html