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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811666403321

Autore

Evans Craig A (Craig Alan), <1952->

Titolo

Word and glory : on the exegetical and theological background of John's prologue / / Craig A. Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : JSOT, , [1993]

©1993

ISBN

1-283-19395-7

9786613193957

0-567-18477-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 89

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

226.5/06

Soggetti

Gnosticism

Gnosticism - Relations - Christianity

Gnosticism - Relations - Judaism

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 [200]-219) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: IN SEARCH OF THE JOHANNINE CONTEXT; Chapter 2 GNOSTIC AND HERMETIC PARALLELS; Chapter 3 BIBLICAL PARALLELS; Chapter 4 JEWISH INTERPRETIVE PARALLELS; Chapter 5 THE PROVENANCE OF JOHN AND THE PROLOGUE; Chapter 6 COMMENTS ON METHOD; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

Word and Glory challenges recent claims that Gnosticism, especially as expressed in the Nag Hammadi tractate Trimorphic Protennoia, is the most natural and illuminating background for understanding the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel. Scriptural allusions and interpretive traditions suggest that Jewish wisdom tradition, mediated by the synagogue of the diaspora, lies behind the Prologue and the Fourth Gospel as a whole, not some form of late first-century Gnosticism. Several features of the Fourth Gospel reflect the synagogue and nascent Christianity's struggle to advance and defend its beliefs