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Author Jensen, Matthew D.

Title Affirming the resurrection of the incarnate Christ : a reading of 1 John / Matthew D. Jensen
Published Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description viii, 227 pages ; 22 cm
Series Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 153
Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 153
Contents Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. A Reading Method: 1. Methods of reading 1 John 11; 2. Circles and tangents: a reading strategy; Part II. A Reading of 1 John: 3. The resurrected incarnate Christ: 1 John 1:1-5; 4. The claimants: 1 John 1:6-2:11; 5. The historical situation: 1 John 2:15-2:27; 6. The audience: 1 John 2:28-3:24; 7. The confession: 1 John 4:1-6; 8. The resurrection of the crucified Jesus: 1 John 4:7-5:21; Conclusion; Appendix: the structure of 1 John
Summary "The first letter of John is commonly understood to contain no reference to Jesus's resurrection. Matthew D. Jensen argues that, far from this being absent from the theology of 1 John, the opening verses contain a key reference to the resurrection which undergirds the rest of the text and is bolstered by other explicit references to the resurrection. The book goes on to suggest that the author and the readers of this epistle understand themselves to be the authentic Israel from which faithless Jews had apostatized when they denied that Jesus was 'the Christ' and left the community. Jensen's interpretation calls for a new understanding of the historical context in which 1 John was written, particularly the question of Jesus' identity from the perspective of his fellow Jews. An innovative and provocative study, of interest to scholars and advanced students of New Testament studies, Johannine theology and Jewish history"--
Notes Revision of the author's Ph.D. thesis, submitted to the University of Sydney in 2010
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-209) and index
Subject Jesus Christ -- Resurrection.
SUBJECT Bible. Epistle of John, 1st http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97113082 -- Commentaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001404
Bible. Epistle of John, 1st http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97113082 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004866
Bible. Epistles of John, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Author Court, John M., general editor
LC no. 2012018829
ISBN 1107027292 (hbk.)
9781107027299 (hbk.)