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The Gospel of John and the Future of Israel
<p>The canonical gospels are each concerned to present the significance of Jesus vis-à-vis the Jewish tradition. Yet the Gospel of John exhibits a particularly strained relationship with Judaism, especially through its frequent description of Jesus’s opponents as “the Jews,” its presentation of …
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The idea of the incarnation in the Gospel of John
Ph. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1931 Scanned via digitization-on-demand; committee signatures: W.O.C. [William O. Carver], and W.H.D. [William Hersey Davis]
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The theological role of "signs" in the Gospel of John
The author of the Gospel of John recorded the seven miracle accounts in his book and named them distinctively as shmei/on (‘sign’), while in the Synoptics the miracles are usually called du,namij (‘mighty deed’). This particular term signifies that the miracles of Jesus in this Gospel are …
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Lifted up and glorified: Isaiah's servant language in the Gospel of John
This project explores John’s portrait of Jesus in the Gospel of John and argues that John presents Jesus as the Servant of the Lord from Isaiah primarily through his allusions to the Servant passages. The Servant is not the predominant Christological title in John, but it is an important aspect of …
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Counterfeit Money or Genuine Gift? Gift, Giving, and Salvation in the Gospel of John
This dissertation studies the concept of gift in the Gospel of John, especially as it relates to God's gift of salvation to humanity. Chapter 1 defines the problem of the gift both for New Testament studies as well as philosophy and sociology. In light of the discussion of the gift historically and …
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Expectation and Fulfillment of the Gift of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John
This study seeks to delineate the pneumatological themes that the author of John develops to create expectation and demonstrate fulfillment of the gift of the Holy Spirit. The primary question asked in this investigation focuses on the extent to which Johannine pneumatological expectation can be …
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Themes, Lexemes, and "Mnemes": Composite Allusions in the Gospel of John and other Jewish Literature
This thesis examines composite allusions to the Jewish scriptures in the Gospel of John and compares these to similar phenomena in late Second Temple Jewish literature. Composite allusions are defined in this study as allusions clustered together in a single literary unit that are best interpreted …
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A Socio-narratological Approach to Johannine Christology through Characterization of Women in the Gospel of John
This dissertation examines the role of Johannine women: Mary the mother of Jesus (2:1-11), the Samaritan Woman (4:1-42), Martha and Mary (11:1-44), Mary of Bethany (12:1-8), the Women at the Cross (19:25-27), and Mary Magdalene (20:1-18), thus suggesting an alternative approach to a better …
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The Textual Tradition of the Gospel of John in Greek Gospel Lectionaries from the Middle Byzantine Period
It has been over 50 years since the last doctoral dissertation on the Gospel of John in the Greek lectionary tradition. The present dissertation on the pericopae of the Gospel of John in the Synaxarion section of the Greek Gospel lectionary hopes to ignite an interest in the lectionary tradition …
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Glory and Glorification in the Gospel of John: The Granting of Δόξα to Believers in John 17:22
The glory given by Jesus to the disciples in John 17:22 has received little attention in Johannine scholarship. Often interpreters gloss over glory in 17:22 and direct their attention to Jesus’s prayer for unity. Others may acknowledge that glory is given as a provision for this unity but neither …
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Life in his name: water, the Spirit and the covenant people of God in the Gospel of John
This study examines the pneumatological use of the water symbol in the Gospel of John in light of the OT covenant. It offers an overview of the Sinaitic covenant, the use and meaning of water, and the presentation of the Spirit and his anticipated work in the new covenant in the OT, followed by an …
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"Witness" And "Bearing Witness" In The Legal Settings Of The Pentateuch And The Gospel Of John: An Intertextual Study
<p>This dissertation studies the words “witness” and “to bear witness” in the Pentateuch and in the Gospel of John, and at the same time presents an intertextual connection between these books.</p> <p>The study begins with an introduction in which I present the background and statement of the …
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The Gift of Living Water: A study of the relationship between water symbolism and the Spirit in the Gospel of John
… symbol to reveal progressively that Jesus is the Word Incarnate which brings about transformation and divine revelation. This dissertation examines the extent to which John deliberately develops an increasingly intimate relationship between water symbolism and the Spirit in the Fourth Gospel. …
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The Moral Characterisation of the Ἰουδαῖοι: A Comparative Study of Opponents to the Divine in the Gospel of John and Euripides' Bacchae
This thesis examines the moral characterisation of divine opponents in Euripides’ Bacchae and the Gospel of John, comparing the characterisation of Pentheus, the divine opponent in Euripides’ Bacchae, with the Ἰουδαῖοι in John, including those characters directly identified as belonging to this …
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Perspectives on Immortality and Eternal Life in the Book of Wisdom and the Gospel of John: A Conceptual Analysis Based on Metaphorical Structuring
Contains fulltext : 159147.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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John: A Samaritan Gospel
<p>The Gospel of John is enigmatic; scholars have sought to identify its distinctive features. Is it influenced by Hellenistic culture, Gnosticism, Dositheism, or is it an editorial compilation? These distinct characteristics have led scholars to speculate about the intended recipients of the …
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Rewriting Torah in the Fourth Gospel: with particular reference to scriptural interpretation in the Prologue
This dissertation aims to study some of the ways in which the Gospel of John uses the Jewish Scriptures, particularly the Law of Moses (Torah), in its presentation of Jesus. In addition to drawing attention to the testimony of Scripture (5:39) and to what Moses wrote about Jesus (5:45), the Gospel …
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