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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459100003321

Autore

Mburu Elizabeth W

Titolo

Qumran and the origins of Johannine language and symbolism [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth W. Mburu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark, c2010

ISBN

1-282-64756-3

9786612647567

0-567-24253-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies ; ; 8

Disciplina

226.5067

Soggetti

Intertextuality in the Bible

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TRUTH TERMINOLOGY IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN; 3. TRUTH TERMINOLOGY IN THE RULE; 4. BACKGROUND OF USAGE; 5. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRUTH TERMINOLOGY IN THE TWO DOCUMENTS; 6. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work sets out to demonstrate that the sectarian Qumran document The Rule of the Community , provides linguistic clues which illuminate our understanding of how the author of the Fourth Gospel used truth terminology and expected it to be understood. It establishes that there are significant linguistic similarities shared by these two corpora. While these may be attributed to a development of the common tradition shared by both, as well as the influence ideology, the semantic continuity with the Rule of the Community makes it likely that the author of the Fourth Gospel was familiar with the