Determinism and Petitionary Prayer in John and the Dead Sea Scrolls An Ideological Reading of John and the Rule of the Community (1QS)

by Tukasi, Emmanuel O.

• ISBN13: 9780567033468
• ISBN10: 0567033465
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-08
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

Tukasi explores the theme of the determinism as articulated in the Rule of the Community and the Fourth Gospel with the aim of uncovering the relevance of petitionary prayer within the framework of the determinism of each book.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Literary Genre of John and the Rule	p. 2
Usage of Terminologies	p. 4
Previous Scholarship	p. 6
Determinism and Prayer Defined	p. 13
Determinism in Biblical Tradition	p. 13
What is Petitionary Prayer?	p. 17
Summary	p. 28
Determinism in the Rule of the Community (1QS)	p. 30
Guidelines for Identifying Determinism in 1QS	p. 30
Literary Unity of 1QS 3-4	p. 31
Types of Determinism in 1QS	p. 32
Cosmological Determinism (1QS 3.15-4.26)	p. 33
The Creator of [characters not reproducible] (3:15-18)	p. 34
Determinism of the Two Spirits (1QS 3.18-4.26)	p. 37
The Dualism of the Two Spirits	p. 37
The Prince of Light	p. 41
Its Identity	p. 41
Its Tasks	p. 42
The Angel of Darkness	p. 43
Its Identity	p. 43
Its Tasks	p. 45
Human Beings and the Two Spirits	p. 46
Eschatological Determinism	p. 49
Soteriological Determinism	p. 50
The Opening Column (1QS 1)	p. 50
Self-Contained Section (1QS 5-9)	p. 52
1QS and Individual Responsibility	p. 57
Summary	p. 61
Petitionary Prayer in the Rule of the Community	p. 63
Are There Sectarian Petitions?	p. 64
Types of Petitionary Prayers	p. 65
Prayer of Confession (1.24-2.1)	p. 65
Its Context and Function	p. 65
Its Theology within the Rule	p. 67
The Confession and the Spirit of Truth	p. 70
Summary	p. 71
Petitionary Blessings (2.2-4; 11.15-17)	p. 71
Protection against Evil	p. 73
Enlightenment with Insight for Living	p. 74
Favour with Eternal Knowledge	p. 76
'Everything Good' and Countenance for Peace	p. 77
Imprecatory Petitions in the Rule of the Community (2.5-18)	p. 78
Summary	p. 81
Determinism in the Gospel of John	p. 83
Is There Determinism in John?	p. 83
Types of Determinism	p. 87
Soteriological Determinism (John 6.37-66)	p. 87
'The Given Ones' by the Father	p. 87
Misunderstanding and Disbelief as Theological Issues in John	p. 93
Theological Function of Soteriological Determinism	p. 96
Missiological Determinism	p. 97
The Necessity of the Mission	p. 97
'The Hour' of the Mission	p. 99
Scriptural Necessity of the Passion	p. 102
Johannine Relevance	p. 105
Providential Determinism (3.27)	p. 105
Apostasy and Johannine Determinism	p. 107
Summary	p. 112
Petitionary Prayer in the Gospel of John	p. 114
Johannine Approaches toward Petition	p. 115
Discipleship and Prayer	p. 117
Themes of Johannine Petitions	p. 119
Glorification (17.1-5, 22-24; 12.27-28)	p. 121
Protection (17.11-16)	p. 126
Sanctification (17.17-19)	p. 129
Unity (17.20-23)	p. 131
Function of Johannine Farewell Petitions	p. 133
Summary	p. 134
The Rule and the Fourth Gospel	p. 135
What is the Relationship?	p. 135
Comparison of John and the Rule	p. 138
New Perspective	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 142
Bibliography	p. 145
Index	p. 163
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