Reading the Gospel of John's Christology as Jewish Messianism : royal, prophetic, and divine messiahs /
The essays in Reading the Gospel of John's Christology as Jewish Messianism: Royal, Prophetic, and Divine Messiahs seek to interpret John's Jesus as part of Second Temple Jewish messianic expectations. The Fourth Gospel is rarely considered part of the world of early Judaism. While many ha...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2018.
Series:
Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
106.
Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity Online, ISBN: 9789004365223.
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Call Number: BS2615.52 .R43 2018
| Summary: | The essays in Reading the Gospel of John's Christology as Jewish Messianism: Royal, Prophetic, and Divine Messiahs seek to interpret John's Jesus as part of Second Temple Jewish messianic expectations. The Fourth Gospel is rarely considered part of the world of early Judaism. While many have noted John's Jewishness, most have not understood John's Messiah as a Jewish messiah. The Johannine Jesus, who descends from heaven, is declared the Word made flesh, and claims oneness with the Father, is no less Jewish than other messiahs depicted in early Judaism. John's Jesus is at home on the spectrum of early Judaism's royal, prophetic, and divine messiahs |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 489 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789004376045 |
| ISSN: | 1871-6636 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |