{"product_id":"understanding-judaism-and-the-jews-in-the-gospel-of-john-polemic-tradition-and-johannine-self-identity-hardcover","title":"Understanding Judaism and the Jews in the Gospel of John: Polemic, Tradition, and Johannine Self-Identity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Thiel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Judaism and the Jews in the Gospel of John: Polemic, Tradition, and Johannine Self-Identity \u003c\/i\u003ereopens the perennial question of the Fourth Gospel's perplexing characterization of \"the Jews.\" According to the reigning paradigm, the Gospel of John witnesses to a community's burgeoning sense of religious distinctiveness. Ethnically Jewish believers in Jesus had begun to forge a new identity in \u003ci\u003econtrast\u003c\/i\u003e to the Jews. Nathan Thiel assesses the weaknesses of the prevailing model\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003earguing that the fourth evangelist still saw himself as living and working within the Jewish tradition. Yet if the Gospel of John is the literary product of a self-consciously Jewish author, why would he speak so often and so critically of \"the Jews\"? Thiel considers the factors which have conditioned the evangelist's choice of terminology: the Gospel's setting, its intended audience, and, above all, John's indebtedness to Scripture. As a first-century Jew well-versed in Israel's sacred texts, the evangelist has modeled his story of Jesus after patterns familiar to him from the Scriptures--Scriptures in which Israelite authors consistently portray their ancestors as faithless despite God's powerful work on their behalf. John is a relentless critic, but such cutting theological assessment had long been part of Israel's counterintuitive way of telling its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Thiel\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is an independent scholar. His main areas of research are ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean history and culture with a focus on Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53451424432435,"sku":"9781978717466","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/HBuddVPGUg9781978717466.webp?v=1783026747","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/understanding-judaism-and-the-jews-in-the-gospel-of-john-polemic-tradition-and-johannine-self-identity-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}