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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 125 |
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 125.
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| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AS TRIAL; Chapter 3 WOMEN AS WITNESSES IN BIBLICAL CULTURE; Chapter 4 THE MOTHER OF JESUS WAS THERE; Chapter 5 A SAMARITAN WOMAN CAME TO DRAW WATER; Chapter 6 THE SISTERS SENT WORD TO JESUS; Chapter 7 MARTHA SERVED ... MARY POURED; Chapter 8 STANDING NEAR THE CROSS; Chapter 9 MARY MAGDALENE WENT TO THE TOMB; Chapter 10 EXCURSUS; Chapter 11 HER TESTIMONY IS TRUE; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
| Summary |
In Her Testimony is True, the Gospel of John is analysed as a rhetorical work that uses the metaphor of a trial in order to persuade readers that the Messiah is Jesus. John's presentation of women as witnesses in that trial is examined within the framework of Jewish law and custom regarding women as witnesses. Maccini concludes that the role of the women as witnesses follows no stereotypical pattern; that the women as witnesses, like the men, are treated as individuals, not as a class; and that in no case do any of the women bear witness in a way that breaches Jewish law and the custom of the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and indexes |
| Notes |
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Bible. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. John fast |
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Bibel Johannesevangelium gnd |
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Bible. New Testament. Évangiles Jean -- Critique, interprétation, etc. ram |
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Witness bearing (Christianity)
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Witnesses.
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Women in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
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Witness bearing (Christianity)
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Witnesses
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Women in the Bible
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Zeugnis
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Frau
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Johannes (bijbelboek)
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Vrouwen.
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Getuigen.
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Femmes dans la Bible.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96179214 |
| ISBN |
9780567614568 |
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0567614565 |
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128320116X |
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9781283201162 |
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9786613201164 |
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6613201162 |
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