"him who judges justly" is allegory of the demiurge: Pilate
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:50 am
1 Peter 2:23
I thought, believing that 1 Peter was an epistle written before the 70 (or at any rate in not-marcionite and Gnostic times), that 'him who judges justly' is precisely the Creator, the god of which there was still no doubt about his being the Father of Jesus by any Christian in circulation there out…
The point is that I was correct but only partially. Yes, the 'just judge' is the Creator...
...but, being 1 Peter really written against Marcion, then the "him who judges justly" is who better allegorized the Creator in the same Gospels: Pilate.
The Roman was the person to which Jesus entrusted himself, knowing that at least Pilate called him 'the king of the Jews' and so judged him correctly.
This gives us the rival Marcionite interpretation: Pilate, as 'just judge' of Jesus, is the perfect allegory of the demiurge, the 'Just God' adored by the Judaizers in opposition to the 'Good God' of Marcion.
addenda:
(Mark 15:2-5)
The wonder of Pilate is the same wonder that galvanized the first audience of Jesus at Capharnaum: a recognition of the extraordinary nature of man (effect of the his essential foreignness to this world).
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
I thought, believing that 1 Peter was an epistle written before the 70 (or at any rate in not-marcionite and Gnostic times), that 'him who judges justly' is precisely the Creator, the god of which there was still no doubt about his being the Father of Jesus by any Christian in circulation there out…
The point is that I was correct but only partially. Yes, the 'just judge' is the Creator...
...but, being 1 Peter really written against Marcion, then the "him who judges justly" is who better allegorized the Creator in the same Gospels: Pilate.
The Roman was the person to which Jesus entrusted himself, knowing that at least Pilate called him 'the king of the Jews' and so judged him correctly.
This gives us the rival Marcionite interpretation: Pilate, as 'just judge' of Jesus, is the perfect allegory of the demiurge, the 'Just God' adored by the Judaizers in opposition to the 'Good God' of Marcion.
addenda:
2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
(Mark 15:2-5)
The wonder of Pilate is the same wonder that galvanized the first audience of Jesus at Capharnaum: a recognition of the extraordinary nature of man (effect of the his essential foreignness to this world).