‘Lord, if you had been here …’ (John 11.21): The Absence of Jesus and Strategies of Consolation in the Fourth Gospel

This article aims to account for two aspects of the Lazarus story: first, the words with which Martha and Mary greet Jesus on his arrival at Bethany and, second, Jesus’ earlier unexplained delay on learning of Lazarus’s illness. It is claimed that the absence of Jesus was of crucial concern to John’s...

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Main Author: North, Wendy E. Sproston (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2013, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-52
Further subjects:B Lazarus
B Gospel medium
B Consolation
B Spirit
B Eschatology
B Disciples
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