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Discovering John : content, interpretation, reception / Ruth B. Edwards.

Discovering John : content, interpretation, reception / Ruth B. Edwards.
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226.506 EDW
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Record Number 1751829
ISBN 9780281069699
0281069697
Name Edwards, Ruth author.
Title Discovering John : content, interpretation, reception / Ruth B. Edwards.
Edition Second edition.
Published London : SPCK, 2014.
Description xiv, 258 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes Originally published : 2003.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-237) and indexes.
Contents Interpreting John : strategies for reading -- The questions of authorship -- Traditions, audience, place and date of composition -- Jesus' miracles as narrative theology -- Christological confessions and titles for Jesus -- Jesus' Passion and Resurrection -- Jesus : word incarnate and Father's Son -- Characters in John's story -- 'Anti-Semitism'/'Anti-Judaism' in John's Gospel -- 'Replacement theology' and Jewish monotheism -- Conclusions: the value of John's Gospel today.
Summary Completely revised and expanded edition of the first volume in the "Discovering" series. The book takes full account of all the major contributions to Johannine scholarship over the past ten years. This is a comprehensive, up-to-date and student-friendly introduction to John's Gospel: its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretative debates and historical reception. Includes special sections on the reception of John and its distinctive influence on Christian history and culture. (Publisher).
Subjects Bible. -- John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Series Discovering Biblical texts
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