Radość przyjaciela Oblubieńca z powodu głosu Oblubieńca w J 3,29
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2016
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Wydawnictwo KUL
Abstract
The article attempts to discover the meaning behind – and the rationale for – the
joy experienced by John the Baptist in John 3:29, called there “the friend of the bridegroom”.
John’s narration links this joy, which has already been fulfilled (as John himself professes),
with the voice of bridegroom, who is identified as Jesus. Previous analysis of ancient Jewish
wedding customs has yielded several possible explanations of the friend’s joy, however the
present article seeks to focus on the reasons for this joy rooted specifically in his hearing the
bridegroom’s voice. At the same time, our lack of full, precise knowledge of these wedding
customs prevents us from drawing from them a single, compelling explanation. The article
thus attempts to expand the discussion of this Johannine crux interpretum by reference
to OT. It is proposed that the Evangelist can be seen alluding here either to Jeremiah’s
prophecy or to the Song of Songs. Finally, the article seeks the reason for John the Baptist’s
joy within the very theological context of the Fourth Gospel. The semantic analysis of the
lexeme “voice” (fwnh,) in the Gospel produces the understanding that the true disciple
of Jesus listens to Jesus’ “voice” and as a result experiences eschatological joy. Thus the
Evangelist depicts John the Baptist, through his rejoicing, as a perfect disciple of Jesus.
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Biblia, Ewangelia św. Jana, Jan Chrzciciel, Oblubieniec, radość, John the Baptist, Bridegroom, joy
Citation
Radość Ewangelii : biblijne źródła chrześcijańskiej radości, red. A. J. Zawadzki, Lublin 2016, s. 163-192
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9788380611603