Preserving the Servant/Son of YHWH. An Application of Intertextual Methodology to 4QNarrative and Poetic Compositionb (4Q372) fr. I 14-16. 24-26 and John 19:28-36; 20:9, 17-18

The similar terminology between 4QNarrative and Poetic Compositionb (4Q372) fr. I 14-16. 24-26 and John 19:28-36; 20:9, 17-18 is analyzed in this research through a particular application of the intertextual method. The compositions present the same structural pattern of a reversal movement from proximity to death to salvation through God’s intervention. The scheme is conveyed by similar vocabulary and imagery, mainly drawn from the Scriptural tradition (OT): (not) breaking all the bones, ambiguity of the expressions regarding the “end”, invoking God as “my father and my God”, the reversal moment of rise and the subsequent announcement of God’s salvation. The analysis suggests the two documents belong to the same cultural environment of Judaism of the Second Temple.