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Keep yourselves from idols : a new look at 1 John

By Terry , Griffith

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic;Bloomsbury T&T Clark;Sheffield Academic Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0826460518, 9780826460516, 9780567394606, 0567394603
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14662228 bytes)
Series
Library of New Testament Studies;Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 233
Pages
247\266
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

Challenging gnositicizing interpretations of the letter, Terry Griffith explores how the polemic against idols was variously used in Jewish and Christian circles to define self-identity and the limits of community. He shows that the rhetoric of 1 John is not polemical, but pastoral, directed at confirming Johannine Christians in their fundamental confession of faith and preventing further defections of Jewish Christians back to Judaism. Griffith argues that the christological focus in 1 John concerns the identification of Jesus as the Messiah, and that the ending of the letter both contributes to the author's overall pastoral strategy and sheds light on the issues of sin and christology that are raised in this letter.

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