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Water as an Image of the Spirit in the Johannine Literature

Name: Water as an Image of the Spirit in the Johannine Literature
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Author: Seung-in Song
ISBN: 9781433164071

by Seung-in Song

Hardback
168 pages
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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For students studying the Johannine literature

Shows how to identify water symbols in the Bible

Guides your reading of complex spiritual texts

A scholarly guide for interpreting the symbolic and literal meanings of water imagery in John's writings.

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The central aim of Water as an Image of the Spirit in the Johannine Literature is to propose two sets of indicators that can be used to assess the symbolic reference of water imagery in the Johannine literature. The first set, comprised of five indicators, can be used to decide whether a given instance of water imagery in the Johannine literature represents the Spirit. The other set, comprised of six indicators, can be used to determine whether a given instance of water imagery has a symbolic meaning instead of or in addition to its literal meaning. The validity of these indicators is demonstrated by applying them to six disputed water passages (1 John 5:6-8; Rev. 22:1-2; John 3:5, 4:10-14, 6:35, and 19:34). The author draws on narrative and exegetical methodologies to stage new claims that will incite further debate and discussion regarding the role of water imagery--and symbolic devices more broadly--in the Johannine texts.