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This book challenges current scholarly consensus concerning John’s references to the Jews in two ways. First, the author suggests that John’s portrayal of the Jews cannot be understood as a response to the violent policy of John’s opponents. Second, the author claims that John’s portrayal of Jewishness is much more ambivalent than is often claimed today.
The first part of the book offers a detailed criticism on the so called two-level reading strategy which claims that John’s references to the Jews emerge from the conflict with rabbinic Judaism. The second part examines in detail John’s relationship to some basic markers of Jewishness.
The book contributes to the ongoing discussion of anti-Judaism in John and efforts to understand John’s historical setting.
The first part of the book offers a detailed criticism on the so called two-level reading strategy which claims that John’s references to the Jews emerge from the conflict with rabbinic Judaism. The second part examines in detail John’s relationship to some basic markers of Jewishness.
The book contributes to the ongoing discussion of anti-Judaism in John and efforts to understand John’s historical setting.
Price: $216.00
Pages: 294
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements
Publication Date:
28 February 2005
ISBN: 9789004143241
Format: Hardcover
'This is an excellent study adding significantly to our knowledge of the first-century religious world and the place of John’s Gospel in this world. As is customary in Brill publications, the book concludes with an extensive bibliography, an index of authors cited, and an index of primary sources.'
Mary L. Coloe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
Mary L. Coloe, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
Raimo Hakola, Th.D. (2003) in Theology, University of Helsinki, is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Academy of Finland. He has published articles on narrative criticism and the Fourth Gospel.