Difficult text: John 14.6 – is Jesus the only way?
Few verses have defined Christian identity and informed attitudes to other religions more than John 14.6. But who is the ‘I’ in ‘I am the way and the truth and the life’? After exploring antecedents and considering indicators within the Gospel itself, this article concludes that the Evangelist not o...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage
2021
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Στο/Στη: |
Theology
Έτος: 2021, Τόμος: 124, Τεύχος: 5, Σελίδες: 358-364 |
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | CC Χριστιανισμός και μη χριστιανικές θρησκείες, Διαθρησκειακές σχέσεις HC Καινή Διαθήκη NBF Χριστολογία ΝΒΚ Σωτηριολογία |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Exclusivism
B Salvation B Λόγος B ‘I am’ B Jesus B Christology B Paraclete B Interfaith |
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Σύνοψη: | Few verses have defined Christian identity and informed attitudes to other religions more than John 14.6. But who is the ‘I’ in ‘I am the way and the truth and the life’? After exploring antecedents and considering indicators within the Gospel itself, this article concludes that the Evangelist not only distinguishes between Jesus of Nazareth and the divine Logos, but also identifies the divine Logos incarnated in Jesus as the subject of this and other ‘I am’ sayings within John. |
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ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X211043174 |