Abstract
This article discusses the relationship between the modern novel of Beard and John’s storiesabout Lazarus and Jesus, and wants to give answers to three questions: (1) how is the Lazarusstory in John interpreted by Beard?; (2) what meaning does John’s story have within its ownliterary and cultural setting?; (3) what similarities and differences are there between Beard’sinterpretation and the original meaning of the Johannine story? Questions 1 and 2 require anintratextual analysis, which focuses on the structure and meaning lines in each of the two texts.Then follows an intertextual analysis which in this article is particularly aimed at comparingthe contents of the concepts/ death/ and/ live/ in the Fourth Gospel with the ways in whichthese concepts are semantically coloured in Beard’s book. Studying echoes from the Bible inmodern literary contexts can explain how the rich potential of meaning of biblical texts isbeing unlocked in new texts, time and time again, but can also help us to read the Bible withnew eyes through the lens of modern culture.
Highlights
This article discusses the relationship between the modern novel of Beard and John’s stories about Lazarus and Jesus, and wants to give answers to three questions: (1) how is the Lazarus story in John interpreted by Beard?; (2) what meaning does John’s story have within its own literary and cultural setting?; (3) what similarities and differences are there between Beard’s interpretation and the original meaning of the Johannine story? Questions 1 and 2 require an intratextual analysis, which focuses on the structure and meaning lines in each of the two texts
Follows an intertextual analysis which in this article is aimed at comparing the contents of the concepts/ death/ and/ live/ in the Fourth Gospel with the ways in which these concepts are semantically coloured in Beard’s book
Een mooi voorbeeld daarvan is de vertelling over Lazarus van Betanië die na een slopende ziekte sterft maar na vier dagen door Jezus weer ten leven wordt gewekt
Summary
De opstanding van Lazarus (Johannes 10:40–12:11): Bijbelse echo’s in Lazarus is dead (2011) van Richard Beard. How to cite this article: Weren, W., 2016, ‘De opstanding van Lazarus (Johannes 10:40–12:11): Bijbelse echo’s in Lazarus is dead (2011) van Richard Beard’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(4), a3404. Deze Lazarus komt in het Nieuwe Testament alleen voor in de verhalenkrans die we aantreffen in Johannes 10:40–12:11.1 Vanaf het vroege christendom tot op de dag van vandaag hebben kunstenaars zich door deze verhalen laten inspireren en hebben ze er eigen interpretaties aan gegeven.. Welke betekenis(sen) en functie(s) krijgt het verhaal over Lazarus uit Johannes 10:40–12:11 in het boek van Beard? 3. Welke overeenkomsten en verschillen zijn er tussen Beard’s interpretatie en de oorspronkelijke betekenis van het johanneïsche verhaal? In deze bijdrage maak ik gebruik van de paperbackuitgave uit 2012
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