Jesus and the visibility of God : sight and belief in the Fourth Gospel / Luke Irwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irwin, Luke, author.

Series:

Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 185.

Society for New Testament Studies, Monograph series ; 185

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Jesus Christ--Appearances.

Jesus Christ.

Incarnation.

God (Christianity)--Knowableness.

God (Christianity).

Faith--Biblical teaching.

Faith.

Revelation--Christianity.

Revelation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Although scholars have debated the link between empirical senses and belief in the Gospel of John, few have queried their own presuppositions about the invisibility of God. In this study, Luke Irwin establishes the value of God's physical incarnation for belief, arguing that the theological nature of belief derives from a God who makes himself physically visible in the world. Irwin builds on recent work on divine embodiment in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and illuminates the Jewish context for John's Gospel. He also explains John's understanding of 'seeing' as a positive component of belief-formation and resolves the Johannine relationship between 'seeing' and 'believing'. Showing how God is the ultimate target of belief, Irwin argues that unless God becomes physically visible in Jesus, belief cannot be attained." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Divine invisibility in Johananine scholarship

God and visibility.

"My Lord and my God" in John 20:30-31

Divine visibility

God on earth

Seeing God.

The efficacy of empirical vision for belief

Seeing Jesus and seeing God.

Notes:

Revised version of author's thesis, Durham University.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-235) and index.

ISBN:

9781009477048

1009477048

OCLC:

1464023957