Studies of the sapiential traditions in the Fourth Gospel remain unfortunately insulated from recent research into the fluid relationship between wisdom and apocalypticism in early Judaism. The well-known connection made between wisdom and Torah in Sirach and Baruch leads many scholars to mischaracterize John’s perspective on Law as incongruous with Jewish sapientialism. However, appropriate consideration of the interconnection between wisdom and apocalypticism demonstrates the error of this characterization. This article compares the relationship between wisdom and Torah in 4QInstruction, the Wisdom of Solomon, and the Gospel of John. Both Wisdom and 4QInstruction offer instructive comparanda for the Fourth Gospel’s presentation of wisdom. The article proceeds in essentially two parts. First, I consider the role of the law in 4QInstruction and the Wisdom of Solomon, arguing that each of these very different texts subordinates the written law to a revealed heavenly wisdom. Then, in critical dialogue with the work of the late John Ashton, I reexamine the relationship between divine revelation and Torah in John and suggest that the Fourth Gospel is most fruitfully read as another example of the fluid boundaries between wisdom and apocalypticism in early Judaism.

不幸的是，对第四福音中的智慧传统的研究仍然与最近对早期犹太教智慧与启示论之间流动关系的研究相隔离。在 Sirach 和 Baruch 中，智慧与妥拉之间众所周知的联系导致许多学者错误地将约翰的法律观点描述为与犹太智慧主义不相符。然而，适当考虑智慧与世界末日之间的相互联系表明了这种描述的错误。本文比较了4QInstruction、所罗门的智慧、约翰福音中智慧与妥拉的关系。Wisdom 和 4QInstruction 都为第四福音对智慧的展示提供了指导性的比较。这篇文章基本上分为两个部分。第一的，我考虑了法律在 4QInstruction 和所罗门的智慧中的作用，认为这些非常不同的文本中的每一个都将成文的法律从属于揭示的天堂智慧。然后，在与已故约翰·阿什顿作品的批判性对话中，我重新审视了《约翰福音》中神圣启示与妥拉之间的关系，并建议将第四福音作为早期犹太教中智慧与启示论之间流动界限的另一个例子，最为富有成效地阅读。