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Between Woman, Man and God: A New Interpretation of the Ten Commandments

Book information

Publisher
T & T Clark International
Year
2004
ISBN
0567080455, 9780567080455
Google Books ID
9gLU5q72OdkC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17341841 bytes)
Series
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement 401
Pages
xiv+270\285
Topic
Religion
DPI
100
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-11-14 15:49:43

Description

Fourth gospel presents the reader with an early christian text in which women and men are treated as "a discipleship of equals" as this term is broadly understood in the work of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza but qualified with respect to her discussion of the meaning of 'equality' when applied to gender. Specifically, the gospel contains six examples of "gender pairs" of characters (a widely-accepted lukan feature). The members of each pair are portrayed in a parallel or contrasting faith encounter with the Johannine Jesus which is of substantial theological importance to the gospel's stated purpose (John 20:31). The six pairs are the mother of Jesus (2:1-11) and the royal official (4:46-54); nicodemus (3:1-12) and the samaritan woman (4:4-42); the man born blind (9:1-41) and Martha (11:1-54); Mary of Bethany and Judas (12:1-8); the mother of Jesus and the beloved disciple (19:25-27); Mary Magdalene (20:11-18) and Thomas (20:24-29).

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