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Judaean Poor And The Fourth Gospel

  • Hardback
  • 264 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14.8 x 22.4 x 2 cm

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For scholars and students of biblical studies and theology

Challenges common interpretations of the Gospel of John

You will gain a deeper understanding of early Christian contexts

This insightful book offers a fresh perspective on the Gospel of John through the lens of first-century Judaean society.

Judaean society in the first century did not conform to the stereotypical ‘Mediterranean honour culture’, in that it lacked a significant gentile population and was dominated by a powerful religious elite. Timothy Ling argues that this demands a new social-scientific approach to the Gospel and Letters of John that moves away from the accepted ‘sectarian’ interpretation. He attributes their distinctiveness instead to their roots in Jesus’ Judaean ministry, as contrasted with the Galilean ministry, which has attracted much recent study. In particular, Ling contends that the numerous references to ‘the poor’ in the New Testament can be better understood in the context of the ‘alternative’ ideologies found among pietistic religious groups practising asceticism, renunciation, and other forms of ‘virtuoso religion’ in first-century Judaea. In doing so, he mounts a convincing challenge to the current dominant reading of the Gospel of John as a product of early Christian sectarianism.
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  • Title

    Judaean Poor And The Fourth Gospel

  • Author

    Timothy J. M. Ling

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    August 2006

  • Weight

    459g

  • Page Count

    264

  • Dimensions

    14.8 x 22.4 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521857222

  • ISBN-10

    0521857228

  • Eden Code

    1007796

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