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They Went Out from Us

Name: They Went Out from Us
Price: 120.38 GBP
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Author: Daniel R. Streett
ISBN: 9783110247701

The Identity of the Opponents in First John

by Daniel R. Streett

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462 pages
Publisher: De Gruyter
15.6 x 23.4 x 2.7 cm

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For New Testament scholars and church leaders.

Challenges common views on the Johannine heresy.

Refines your understanding of early church history.

A fresh historical investigation into the identities and motivations of the opponents addressed in the Johannine epistles.

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Most interpreters of 1, 2, 3 John believe that the author's opponents (called "antichrists", "deceivers", and "false prophets") advocated gnostic or progressive doctrines that denied or downplayed the humanity of Jesus Christ and the importance of ethical behaviour, and eventually split the Johannine community. Against this consensus, Streett argues that the opponents are former Jewish-Christians who have left the community to return to the synagogue after renouncing their belief that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.