Qumran and the origins of Johannine language and symbolism / Elizabeth W. Mburu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mburu, Elizabeth W.

Series:

Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies ; 8.

Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Relation to the New Testament.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Intertextuality in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work sets out to demonstrate that the sectarian Qumran document The Rule of the Community , provides linguistic clues which illuminate our understanding of how the author of the Fourth Gospel used truth terminology and expected it to be understood. It establishes that there are significant linguistic similarities shared by these two corpora. While these may be attributed to a development of the common tradition shared by both, as well as the influence ideology, the semantic continuity with the Rule of the Community makes it likely that the author of the Fourth Gospel was familiar with the

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TRUTH TERMINOLOGY IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN; 3. TRUTH TERMINOLOGY IN THE RULE; 4. BACKGROUND OF USAGE; 5. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRUTH TERMINOLOGY IN THE TWO DOCUMENTS; 6. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-64756-3

9786612647567

0-567-24253-6

OCLC:

646788304