Abstract
A response to Van der Watt’s article on ‘Intertextuality and over-interpretation: References to Genesis 28:12 in John 1:51?’ This article is a response to an article of Van der Watt titled ‘Intertextuality and over-interpretation: References to Genesis 28:12 in John 1:51?’ (2016). He states in this article that his aim is ‘to illustrate the dangers of over-interpretation when dealing with intertextual relations between texts, especially when allusion is assumed’. He then gives a brief survey of different interpretations of John 1:51. Van der Watt shows in his article how theologians use themes from Genesis 28:12 (like the ladder, Jacob or Bethel, which are not mentioned in John 1:51) in their expositions of John 1:51. Van der Watt regards some of these expositions as examples of over-interpretation. The aim of my article is to show how Church Fathers interpreted Genesis 28:12 and John 1:51. I show in my article that the Church Fathers saw several parallels between these two sections from the Bible. Furthermore, I suggest that the early theologians’ interpretations formed a tradition that probably influenced modern interpreters of the Bible. I also discuss the role of typology in the history of interpretation, specifically also in the case of Genesis 28:12 and John 1:51. I then argue that it is perhaps not so far-fetched to see an intertextual relation between Genesis 28:12 and John 1:51.
Highlights
Van der Watt (2016)1 wys in sy artikel (‘Intertekstualiteit en oorinterpretasie: Verwysings na Genesis 28:12 in Johannes 1:51?’) op die gevaar daarvan om ’n teks te ‘oorinterpreteer’ wanneer daar met intertekstualiteit tussen tekste omgegaan word – veral wanneer sinspeling veronderstel word
Om sy punt te staaf, gee hy dan voorbeelde van teoloë wat Johannes 1:51 in terme van Genesis 28:12 verklaar
Hy redeneer dus dat Johannes se verhaal uniek is en dat die evangelis slegs een enkele aspek uit Genesis 28:12 wou beklemtoon, en dat hy nie die hele konteks van Genesis 28:12 met die verstaan van Johannes 1:51 wou integreer nie
Summary
Repliek op Van der Watt se artikel oor ‘Intertekstualiteit en oorinterpretasie: Verwysings na Genesis 28:12 in Johannes 1:51?’. A response to Van der Watt’s article on ‘Intertextuality and over-interpretation: References to Genesis 28:12 in John 1:51?’ This article is a response to an article of Van der Watt titled ‘Intertextuality and over-interpretation: References to Genesis 28:12 in John 1:51?’ (2016) He states in this article that his aim is ‘to illustrate the dangers of over-interpretation when dealing with intertextual relations between texts, especially when allusion is assumed’. Van der Watt (2016) wys in sy artikel (‘Intertekstualiteit en oorinterpretasie: Verwysings na Genesis 28:12 in Johannes 1:51?’) op die gevaar daarvan om ’n teks te ‘oorinterpreteer’ wanneer daar met intertekstualiteit tussen tekste omgegaan word – veral wanneer sinspeling veronderstel word. Hy wys hoe dit deur al die fasette van Genesis 28 se verhaal uitborduur word met die aanname dat Johannes 1:51 juis dít wil interpreteer. 1.Alle verdere verwysings na Van der Watt word uit hierdie artikel aangehaal en sal slegs met bladsynommers aangedui word
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