This was such a (nerdy) joy to read. I love reading Scripture in this literary way with the NT illuminated by the OT. It gets me so excited about the Bible after growing up with very flat readings and prescriptive applications.
Yes! You’re speaking my language. Drawing on the few passages where John says the disciples understood a past event differently after Jesus was raised, Richard Hays says “resurrection is the enemy of textual literalism.” This is in direct contrast to the flat, literalistic, prescriptive applications of Scripture from the religious authorities in John. If interested, I have a number of additional articles on John that demonstrates this way of reading. Just one more e.g.: https://onceaweek.substack.com/p/you-cant-change-what-happened.
I love how John is saturated with the Song. Thanks for showing the implications for this connection to Peter's love.
Thanks for reading Aimee, and for inspiring me to look for these connections.
This was such a (nerdy) joy to read. I love reading Scripture in this literary way with the NT illuminated by the OT. It gets me so excited about the Bible after growing up with very flat readings and prescriptive applications.
Yes! You’re speaking my language. Drawing on the few passages where John says the disciples understood a past event differently after Jesus was raised, Richard Hays says “resurrection is the enemy of textual literalism.” This is in direct contrast to the flat, literalistic, prescriptive applications of Scripture from the religious authorities in John. If interested, I have a number of additional articles on John that demonstrates this way of reading. Just one more e.g.: https://onceaweek.substack.com/p/you-cant-change-what-happened.