The role of Jewish feasts in John's Gospel
In the first three Gospels, Jesus rarely travels to Jerusalem prior to his final week. The Fourth Gospel, however, features Jesus' repeated visits to the city, which occur primarily during major festivals. This volume elucidates the role of the Jewish feasts of Passover, Tabernacles, and Dedica...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
162 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Judaism
/ Religious festival
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Jews in the New Testament
B Bible ; John ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Fast and feasts ; Judaism B Bible. John Criticism, interpretation, etc B Fast and feasts Judaism B Fasts and feasts in the Bible |
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Print version: 9781107079687 |
| Summary: | In the first three Gospels, Jesus rarely travels to Jerusalem prior to his final week. The Fourth Gospel, however, features Jesus' repeated visits to the city, which occur primarily during major festivals. This volume elucidates the role of the Jewish feasts of Passover, Tabernacles, and Dedication in John's presentation of Jesus. Gerry Wheaton examines the Gospel in relation to pertinent sources from the Second Temple and Rabbinic periods, offering a fresh understanding of how John appropriates the symbolic and traditional backgrounds of these feasts. Wheaton situates his inquiry within the larger question of Judaism in John's Gospel, which many consider to be the most anti-Semitic New Testament text. The findings of this study significantly contribute to the ongoing debate surrounding the alleged anti-Jewish posture of the Gospel as a whole, and it offers new insights that will appeal to scholars of Johannine theology, New Testament studies, and Jewish studies. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139942034 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139942034 |