Hillel I. Newman, «A Hippodrome on the Road to Ephrath», Vol. 86 (2005) 213-228
LXX to Gen 48,7 refers to a hippodrome in the vicinity of
Rachel’s Tomb. This cannot be satisfactorily explained as an exegetical creation
of the translator’s imagination and probably refers to a genuine structure. This
is also true of the stadium or hippodrome mentioned in Tg. Onq. to Gen
14,17, as the meeting place of Abram, the king of Sodom, and Melchizedek. Since
1QapGen locates the same meeting in the Valley of Beth Hakerem, which should be
identified as the valley between Ramat Rahel and Bethlehem, it is reasonable to
assume that both versions refer to the same hippodrome. There is no textual
justification for assuming a late interpolation in LXX and no geographical or
archeological justification for explaining these passages as allusions to a
Herodian hippodrome. LXX may attest to a case of profound Hellenistic influence
in Judea already under Ptolemaic rule.
528 Luis Sánchez Navarro
definitiva — la pasión y resurrección (12,28). De modo que podemos
presentar la estructura literaria de este Evangelio como sigue:
Prólogo (1,1-18)
El testimonio de Juan (1,19 → 10,42)
El testimonio del Padre (11,1 → 12,50)
El testimonio del discÃpulo amado (13,1 → 21,25)
Nos hallamos por tanto ante un trÃptico testimonial, precedido y
anticipado por el prólogo. En este “trÃptico†dos hombres, Juan y el
discÃpulo amado, dan un testimonio verdadero acerca de Jesús (10,41;
21,24; cf. 8,17). Su doble testimonio enmarca la sección central del
Evangelio; en ella, más breve que las otras dos, hallamos el testimonio
del Padre (cf. 8,18), que apunta a la glorificación de su Hijo. En este
marco literario y teológico se narran la vida, muerte y resurrección del
Verbo encarnado (cf. 1,14).
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SUMMARY
Following the Prologue (John 1,1-18), the Gospel of John is demarcated by an
inclusio which extends from 1,19 (“And this is the witness of Johnâ€) to 21,24
(“This is the disciple who bears witnessâ€). This Gospel contains a multiple
witness to Jesus as Messiah and as Son of God (cf. 20,31), organized around two
main characters: John (1,19 → 10,42) and the beloved disciple (13,1 → 21,25). In
the central unit (11, → 12,50), which serves as a link between the two sections,
the Father intervenes by rising up Lazarus (11,41-44) and makes His own voice
heard from heaven (12,28); through these events the Father bears the supreme
witness to Jesus. In this way, the Gospel appears as a testimonial triptych with a
christological purpose.