TY  - BOOK
AU  - Streett,Daniel R.
TI  - They went out from us: the identity of the opponents in First John
T2  - Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche / Beihefte
SN  - 978-3-11-024771-8
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berlin [u.a.]
PB  - de Gruyter
KW  - Johannesbrief_1
KW  - Geistlicher Kampf
KW  - Gegner
KW  - Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese
KW  - Messias
KW  - Christologie
KW  - Urchristentum
KW  - Judentum
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index  Zugl.: Diss., 2008
N2  - Most interpreters of 1, 2, 3 John believe that the author's opponents advocated gnostic or progressive doctrines that denied the humanity of Jesus Christ. The author argues that the opponents are former Jewish-Christians who have left the community to return to the synagogue after renouncing their belief that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.  Options for identifying the opponents of 1 John --  The methodology of mirror-reading --  1 John 2:18-27 : Jesus is the messiah --  1 John 4:1-6 : Jesus is the messiah in the flesh --  1 John 5:6-12 : three witnesses to Jesus the messiah --  2 John 4-11 : the teaching about the messiah
ER  -