THE ORIGIN OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN: SOME QUESTIONS OF CRITICISM OF DENNIS MACDONALD’S THEORY OF MIMESIS

Vladimir Stanislavovich Zykov

Postgraduate student, Ss Cyril and Methodius Theological institute of postgraduate studies, Moscow, Russia

Email: vladimirst@yandex.ru

Issue: № 3 (19), 2022

Pages: 11

Annotation

In this article, the author reviews some of the postulates of the theory of «criticism of mimesis» by the American Biblical scholar Dennis Ronald McDonald. The author of the theory suggests that the authors of the Gospels, when writing the text could use significant parallels with classical Greco-Roman literature. The article also presents some aspects of criticism of the above- mentioned theory. In general, the critics’ position boils down to the fact that most of the parallels given are questionable or clearly strained.

Keywords

Gospel of John, mimesis criticism, Dennis Ronald MacDonald, exegesis

For citation

Zykov V. S., priest. The origin of the Gospel of John: some questions of criticism of Dennis Macdonald’s theory of mimesis // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2022. № . 3. Р. 11–18 (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2022–3–11–18