Harold William Attridge (born November 24, 1946) is an American New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity best known for his work in New Testament exegesis, especially the Epistle to the Hebrews, the study of Hellenistic Judaism, and the history of early Christianity. He is a Sterling Professor of Divinity at Yale University, where he served as Dean of the Divinity School from 2002 to 2012.
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Harold W. Attridge in the context of Johannine community
Johannine community is the hypothesized network of early Christian groups associated with the Gospel of John and the Johannine epistles. Scholars, including Rudolf Bultmann, J. Louis Martyn, Raymond E. Brown, and Harold W. Attridge, interpret the writings' high Christology, dualistic language, and Paraclete discourses as evidence for a circle of Jesus followers who cultivated strong internal solidarity and sharp contrasts with outsiders. The concept has shaped New Testament studies since the mid twentieth century and remains a focus of debate.
Reconstructions locate the circle in the late first century Mediterranean world, often in Asia Minor or Syria, and describe devotion to Jesus as the unique revealer of God that structured communal identity and practice. Other scholars contend that the textual evidence can be explained without positing a discrete sect and prefer author centered, literary, or network models.