Jesus as Mirrored in John: The Genius in the New Testament

by James H. Charlesworth

Book Overview

James H. Charlesworth begins from a burgeoning point of scholarly consensus: More and more scholars are coming to recognize that the Fourth Gospel is more historically complex than previously thought. Charlesworth outlines two historical horizons within John. On the one hand, there is the Jewish background to the text (complete with the evangelist's knowledge of Palestinian geography and Jewish customs) which Charlesworth perceives as offering a window...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567694879
• ISBN13: 9780567694874
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"