Review of Christopher A. Porter, Johannine Social Identity Formation After the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple: Negotiating Identity in Crisis (BIS 194), Brill, 2022
Résumé
Christopher A. Porter’s Johannine Social Identity Formation After the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple: Negotiating Identity in Crisis applies Social Identity Theory (SIT) and the Structured Analysis of Group Arguments (SAGA) to examine the identity formation of the Johannine community. Porter argues that the Gospel of John, as an intra-Jewish text, responds to the crisis of the Temple’s destruction by redefining Jesus’ followers within the broader Jewish framework. Through SIT, he explores in-group/out-group dynamics, narrative identity, and group cohesion. This study provides a fresh socio-scientific approach to the Johannine writings, highlighting their role in shaping early Christian identity.
Mots clés
Johannine identity
Fourth Gospel
Social Identity Theory (SIT)
Structured Analysis of Group Arguments (SAGA)
in-group/out-group dynamics
Temple destruction
early Christianity
Jewish-Christian relations
narrative identity
Christology
Johannine community
Gospel of John
social cohesion
subgroup relationships
biblical sociology
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