Grecy w Jerozolimie?

Abstract

Author of the Fourth Gospel, in the turning point of his work - which is J 12 - evoked some persons who are not identified either by number or individually by name, but whom he called generally as “some Greeks” To understand the motive of the arrival of the Greeks, it is necessary to examine the identity of these mysterious figures. The study above constitutes a historical-critical approach for the study of the theological significance of the coming of the Greeks to Jesus, and includes arguments in favor of recognizing the arrival of the Greeks as an important biblical theme. The author also tries to answer the question of whether the presence of the Greeks in the Holy City is a historic fact, who they were, and how the Evangelist comprehended their identity. The worlds of the Greeks and the Hebrews, despite the clearly defined boundaries, cultural distance, and sometimes even hostility, intermingled and interacted with each other, creating to some extent a new social and cultural quality. In the historical perspective, the Greeks from J 12, 20 can be identified with the so-called “God-fearing” or “worshiping God” proselytes; it is less likely that the author thought about the Hellenized Jews. However, it seems that, in order to understand J 12, 20, it is not necessary to make sharp distinctions between these most likely possibilities. The most important is that the pericope J 12, 20 is related to the symbolic representation of all non-Jews.