| The God of the Gospel of John Contributor(s): Thompson, Marianne Meye (Author) |
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ISBN: 080284734X ISBN-13: 9780802847348 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $27.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: While there are numerous studies of God in the Old Testament, the concept of God in the New Testament has largely been ignored. Marianne Meye Thompson's original work fills this gap. In writing the first comprehensive study of the concept of God in the Gospel of John, she shows that a proper understanding of God is central not only to John's writing but to the entire New Testament. Challenging the prevailing theory that John is primarily about the nature of Christ, this book shows that we must first grasp the importance of God to John before we can properly appreciate the Gospel's christology and overarching message. Expertly combining biblical interpretation and theological insight, Thompson asks how John portrays God and how, after reading the Gospel, we ought to speak of the identity of God. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Education - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General |
| Dewey: 226.506 |
| LCCN: 2001040379 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.82 lbs) 279 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline |
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| Publisher Description: While there are numerous studies of God in the Old Testament, the concept of God has largely been ignored as a subject of inquiry in contemporary New Testament theology. As this superb work by Marianne Meye Thompson shows, however, an understanding of the identity of God is central to the New Testament, particularly to the Gospel of John. Thompson here offers the first comprehensive study of the concept of God in John's Gospel. She shows that one must first grasp the importance of God to John before one can properly appreciate the Gospel's Christology and overarching message. By arguing that John is rightly understood to be a "theocentric" work, Thompson challenges the prevailing theory that John is primarily concerned with Christology. While Thompson uses traditional historical and exegetical approaches to the New Testament and ancient sources, her study is mainly theological in scope. She asks how John portrays God and how, after reading the Gospel, we ought to speak of the identity of God. Unlike many recent studies of John, this one does not try to reconstruct the history behind the text but, rather, tries to fully illumine the theological content of John's message. A seminal study with lasting implications for New Testament theology, The God of the Gospel of John will become a standard text for students of the New Testament. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thompson, Marianne Meye: - Marianne Meye Thompson is George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, and an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Her previous books include commentaries on the Gospel of John and the J |