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Title: Jesus gegen Dionysos?
Subtitle: Ein Beitrag zur Kontextualisierung des Johannesevangeliums
Author(s): WICK, Peter
Journal: Biblica
Volume: 85    Issue: 2   Date: 2004   
Pages: 179-198
DOI: 10.2143/BIB.85.2.3194414

Abstract :
The author of the article intends to show, that not just the episode of the 'miracle at Cana' (John 2,1-11), but the gospel of John as a whole disputes in an implicit way the worship of Dionysos, which was wide-spread in Syria and Palestine. Jesus is presented as the true son of god, who surpasses the god Dionysos in every way. John represents the old Jewish tradition of disputing the worship of Dionysos. This dispute implies the rejection as well as the surpassing adoption of Dionysian elements. The author of the gospel strengthens the identity of his communities, which are confronted by the Hellenistic world, by arguing as a scripture-rooted Jew within the symbolic world of the Hellenistic mainstream.

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