Only John's Gospel says that Jesus was crucified as Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews. Jesus was the keeper of the ways of the first temple in Jerusalem. These had almost been lost when the Moses traditions came to dominate in the second-temple period. Jesus' mission was to restore the ways of the original temple. He entrusted his visions to John the Elder, a priestly disciple in Jerusalem, and John compiled them into the Book of Revelation. Later, John wrote his Gospel to show how the visions had been fulfilled. The background to the Fourth Gospel is temple tradition. John shows how Jesus' debates with the Jews centred on the great difference between the world of the second temple and the world of the priest-kings of the first temple from which Christianity emerged. The Johannine community were the Hebrew disciples of Jesus who saw themselves as the true high priesthood restored.
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Temple Theology in John’s Gospel
Temple Theology in John’s Gospel
Follows the successful Temple Theology and Temple Mysticism

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ISBN
9780281069675
Publisert
2014-04-17
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Vendor
SPCK Publishing
Vekt
965 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
640

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Biographical note

Margaret Barker is a former President of the Society for Old Testament Studies and co-founder of the Temple Studies Group. She is a Methodist lay preacher.