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Jan G. van der Watt
This volume focuses on the use of figurative language in the Gospel according to John and demonstrates that the message of this Gospel is embedded in ancient family imagery, which…
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Salvation in the New Testament offers an analysis of the soteriological perspectives and language of the different books of the New Testament. Special attention is given to the exciting world…
The annual Review of Biblical Literature presents a selection of reviews of the most recent books in biblical studies and related fields, including topical studies, multi-author volumes, reference works, commentaries…
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The book deals with the relation between identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. Apart from analytical categories like ethos, ethics, and identity that are clearly defined in the…
In this volume, Jan G. van der Watt analyses the ethics of the Letters of John against their respective socio-historical backgrounds to reveal a detailed ethical landscape. The author shows…
After a century of neglect, Johannine ethics has enjoyed a recent surge in interest inspired by new theoretical insights in analysing ethical data in John’s Gospel. By closely re-reading the…
Jan van der Watt
A guide to the Gospel and letters of John introducing readers to some of the key issues arising from historical, literary, ideological and theological approaches to the Johannine literature. This…
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The contributions to this volume explore the question of what spiritual transformation means for Early Christianity and beyond, with articles ranging from Old Testament wisdom literature to the Dead Sea…
Ethics is a neglected field of research in the Gospel and Letters of John. Judgments about even the presence of ethics in the Gospel are often negative, and even though…
This book is about creation stories in dialogue, not only between different religious views, but also between current day scientific perspectives.
A key to understanding the Gospel of John is, in many respects, its prologue; yet questions regarding its origin and background, its structure, use of Greek philosophical terms, and indeed…
Revised and enlarged papers from a conference held July 30-Aug. 1, 2005, in Eisenach, Germany, with additional contributions.
Die in diesem Band veroeffentlichten Beitrage zur johanneischen Ethik gehen auf drei Tagungen zureck, die am 15.-17. Januar 2015 an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultat der Westfalischen Wilhelms-Universitat Menster als Colloquium Iohanneum…
