Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE VARIOUS SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATIONS OF JOHN 4.1-26; Chapter 2 WATER: A LIFE-GIVING SYMBOL IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE (C. 2ND CENTURY BCE TO 1 ST CENTURY CE); Chapter 3 THE CONCEPT OF SPIRIT IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE; Chapter 4 THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF JOHN 4.6-26; Chapter 5 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Summary
This study not only carefully investigates the Jewish tradition of water and Spirit as the normative background of John 4, but also develops temple Christology by connecting these distinct traditions of water and the Spirit as eschatological life for John's use of Spirit as the source of new creational life. The aim of this thesis is to answer the following three crucial questions in order to sustain the development of the temple Christological theme in John 4: € 1) What does the image of water represent?; 2) What does it mean to worship in Spirit and truth?, and 3) How do the disparate p
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and indexes
