“Protect Them from the Evil One” (John 17:15): Light from the Dead Sea Scrolls
Updated by:
Neta Rozenblit
Research notes:
Reader Checked
18/06/2012 SE
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2011
Full title:
“Protect Them from the Evil One” (John 17:15): Light from the Dead Sea Scrolls
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
John, Qumran, and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Sixty Years of Discovery and Debate
Issue / Series Volume:
32
Series Title:
SBL Early Judaism and Its Literature
Editor(s):
Coloe, Mary L.
Thatcher, Tom
Place of Publication:
Leiden
Publisher:
Brill
Pages:
139-160
Abstract:
Loren Stuckenbruck within the scrolls considers ancient Jewish prayers for protection from demonic powers. His essay examines not just the Late Second Temple texts themselves but also the brand of piety that lay behind them, a piety that sought divine protection from personified forms of evil. Prayers of this type shed light on Jesus’ final prayer in John 17, in which he notably asks the Father to keep his disciples “from the evil one” (17:15).
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents:
Scroll / Document:
4Q213a
Section type:
Fragment
Passage:
1 i
Scroll / Document:
11Q5
Section type:
Column
Passage:
19
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Composition / Author:
Jubilees
Passage:
1
Composition / Author:
Jubilees
Passage:
10
Composition / Author:
Jubilees
Passage:
12
Record reference:
Reprint edition:
Stuckenbruck, Loren T. “The Need for Protection from the Evil One and John's Gospel.” In The Myth of Rebellious Angels: Studies in Second Temple Judaism and New Testament Texts. Pages 187-215. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 1 335. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Label:
01/08/2011
Record number:
13 843