Identity matters : John, the Jews, and Jewishness /

The book suggests that John's portrayal of the Jews is not a response to Jewish persecution of early Christians. It proposes instead that the exclusive faith in Jesus led the Johannine Christians to abandon some basic markers of Jewish identity.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hakola, Raimo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 118.
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