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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461518803321

Autore

Ferreira Johan

Titolo

Johannine ecclesiology / / Johan Ferreira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1998]

©1998

ISBN

1-283-19574-7

9786613195746

0-567-28683-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 160

Disciplina

226.5/06

Soggetti

Church - Biblical teaching

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 (pages [207]-232) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HISTORY OF RESEARCH; 3. THE CONTEXT AND STRUCTURE OF JESUS' PRAYER; 4. THE EXEGESIS OF JESUS' PRAYER; 5. THE JOHANNINE CONCEPT OF GLORY; 6. THE JOHANNINE CONCEPT OF SENDING; 7. CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

During the last few decades there has been a debate concerning the prominence of ecclesiology in the Gospel of John. This book highlights that debate and makes an important contribution to our understanding of Johannine ecclesiology. It argues that ecclesiology is a major theological concern of the Gospel, that investigations into Johannine ecclesiology have suffered under categories that are alien to the Gospel itself, and that the Gospel espouses a christological ecclesiology that emphasizes the origin, nature and purpose of the community. The community is Christus prolongatus; Christology a