'Mysticism' in the Gospel of John : an inquiry into its background /
This is the first detailed study of Johannine mysticism against a Palestinian Jewish background has been previously undertaken. This book investiages whether there was a mystical practice in first-century Palestine and whether John can be better understood in the light of such practice, if there was...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield, England :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;
158. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | This is the first detailed study of Johannine mysticism against a Palestinian Jewish background has been previously undertaken. This book investiages whether there was a mystical practice in first-century Palestine and whether John can be better understood in the light of such practice, if there was any. In analysis, two strands of Jewish mysticism, the early forms of Maàseh Merkabah and of Maàseh Bereshit, emerge as existing in first-century Palestine. While the former narrates by means of Ezek. 1 the experience of seeing God in His kingly glory, the latter describes the same experience by. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (356 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-335) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567310255 0567310256 1283196700 9781283196703 9786613196705 6613196703 |
