Footwashing in John 13 and the Johannine Community. - THOMAS, JOHN CHRISTOPHER
KORTE INHOUD
There is good evidence that the Christian community where the Gospel of John was written practised footwashing as a religious action. However, few scholars have studied the practice or meaning of the rite. This book undertakes the most comprehensive study so far of the practice of footwashing in the ancient world, unearthing many fascinating parallels to the early Christian act. Thomas next studies the footwashing in John 13 with the tools of modern literary analysis, asking what the text was intended to mean to the readers implied by the Gospel. He then turns to a study of the actual readers in John's community to reconstruct what they believed about it and how they carried it out. The author concludes that the purpose of footwashing in the community was to act as a sign of the cleansing of post-conversion sin committed by a disciple after baptism.
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2004 Uitgever: T. & T. Clark Publishers 184 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0567082784 ISBN-13: 9780567082787Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's sewn red paperback, white lettering spine and frontcover, 8vo: 214pp., footnotes & references, chapterconclusions, abbreviations, general bibliography, index biblical & ancient references, index authors, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Volume AP Clark Academic Paperback. London-New York, T&T Clark International [Continuum]. 2004 [Auteur: THOMAS, JOHN CHRISTOPHER] [Jaar: 2004] [Titel: Footwashing in John 13 and the Johannine Community.]
