ISBN:
0567238067
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9780567661999
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9780567424020
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9780567238061
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (472 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
Year of publication:
2020
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
222.11092
Keywords:
Abraham
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Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Abraham (Biblical patriarch) in the New Testament
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Christianity and antisemitism
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Judaism Relations
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Christianity
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Biblical studies & exegesis
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"This is the first volume to extensively explore the intersection between Johannine anti-Judaism and Abrahamic allusions, using the theoretical lens of poststructuralism and intertextuality theory. Ruth Sheridan's study yields new insights into how the metaphors of 'sin', 'slavery' and 'vision' are constructed in the text, producing an interpretation consistent with figurations of Abraham in Early Judaism as a paternal figure of vicarious merit. John 8.31-59 is often categorised in New Testament scholarship as one of the most polemical texts illustrating nascent Christianity's anti-Jewish trajectory, as Jesus debates with 'the Jews' about their reputed diabolic paternity, sidelining their own selfidentifications that are steeped in biblical traditions. Another defining feature of the text is its repeated reference to the figure of Abraham, displaying a condensed network of intertextual allusions to Abraham seen nowhere else in the Fourth Gospel. Sheridan seeks instead to rehabilitate the Jewish voice of the text, working with the narrative intertext of 'the Jews'' self-characterisation as the 'seed of Abraham' to counteract particular pejorative readings of John 8 found in the secondary literature."--
Abstract:
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations: Intertextuality -- Chapter 3:John 8.31-59: Structure, Setting, Text -- Chapter 4: Seed Of Abraham, Slavery, And Sin (John 8.31-36) -- Chapter 5: The Works of Abraham (John 8.37-47) -- Chapter 6: Abraham Sees and Rejoices (John 8.48-59) -- Conclusion -- BibliographyIndex of Authors -- Index of Sources.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.5040/9780567661999
