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Zusatztext John Ashton has already done more than anyone else in our generation to help us to study and understand the Fourth Gospelthis [is a] magisterial book. Robin Griffith-Jones, Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor Christopher Rowland is Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture Emeritus, University of Oxford, and was for many years a colleague of John Ashton at the University of Oxford. They shared a common interest in apocalyptic themes in the New Testament, and both edited volumes of essays that were presented on their respective retirements. Catrin H. Williams is Reader in New Testament Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and Research Fellow in the Department of Old and New Testament Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. The Gospel of John is her main research interest and, with Christopher Rowland, she has edited a volume of essays on apocalyptic themes in the Gospel of John engaging with one of the most original contributions of John Ashton's magisterial study of the Gospel. Klappentext A fully revised new edition of a pioneering study of John's gospel. John Ashton argues first that the thought-world of the gospel is Jewish, not Greek, and secondly that the text is many-layered, not simple, and composed over an extended period as the evangelist responded to the changing situation of the community he was addressing. Zusammenfassung A fully revised new edition of a pioneering study of John's gospel. John Ashton argues first that the thought-world of the gospel is Jewish, not Greek, and secondly that the text is many-layered, not simple, and composed over an extended period as the evangelist responded to the changing situation of the community he was addressing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Genesis 1: Religious Dissent 2: The Community and its Book 3: Messiah 4: Son of God 5: Son of Man 6: Messenger of God II. Revelation Introduction 7: Intimations of Apocalyptic 8: The Gospel Genre 9: The Story of Wisdom 10: Dualism 11: Departure and Return 12: Passion and Resurrection 13: The Medium and the Message ...
