By Cornelis Bennema

Mimesis is a basic and pervasive human notion, yet has attracted little realization from Johannine scholarship. this is often unsurprising, because Johannine ethics, of which mimesis is a component, has just recently develop into a fruitful zone of study. Bennema contends that students haven't but pointed out the centre of Johannine ethics, admittedly seeing that mimesis isn't really instantly glaring within the Johannine textual content as the traditional terminology for mimesis is missing.

This quantity is the 1st prepared learn at the thought of mimesis within the Johannine literature. the purpose of the examine is to set up that mimesis is a real Johannine inspiration, to give an explanation for its details and to teach that mimesis is essential to Johannine ethics. Bennema argues that Johannine mimesis is a cognitive, inventive technique that shapes the believer's id and behavior in the context of the divine family members. along with being instrumental in people's ethical transformation, mimesis is additionally an important mechanism for mediating the divine truth to people.

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