Interpretacja pokutna Janowego opisu obmycia stóp uczniom przez Jezusa. Cz. 1: Interpretacje sakramentalne na tle współczesnych wyjaśnień J 13,1-20

• Authors: Adam Kubiś

Title variants

EN

Penitential Interpretation of the Johannine Foot-washing. Part 1: Sacramental Interpretations against the Background of Current Explanations of John 13:1-20

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the Johannine narrative on the foot-washing, giving a critical review of the current scholarship on the interpretation of Jesus’ gesture (Part 1) and adding a new argument in favor of a penitential reading of the pericope (Part 2). The first part of the study presents status quaestionis, summarizing various interpretations, distilled into three categories: (1) naturalistic or socio-cultural, (2) symbolic, and (3) sacramental. This initial survey starts with a review of all possible ancient cultural contexts, both pagan and Jewish, in which foot-washing occurred, followed by various possible readings of the pericope based on these backgrounds; our analysis suggests that the purely naturalistic explanations do not resolve satisfactorily all the complexities of the text. Next, at least fifteen arguments are enumerated in favor of a symbolic interpretation, with  a short survey of noteworthy examples of this approach. Then, various sacramental readings are presented, with a special focus on the baptismal explanation, which indeed has held the most prominent position among the sacramental interpretations within the historical exegesis of the text.

Keywords

PL

foot-washing; John 13; 1-20; baptism; penance; sin

EN

foot-washing, John 13:1-20, baptism, penance, sin

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: The Biblical Annals
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 379-420

Dates

published

2018-07-26

Contributors

author

Adam Kubiś

• Instytut Nauk Biblijnych KUL

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/ba.2018.8.3.04