Spirit in the Writings of John: Johannine Pneumatology in Social-scientific Perspective. By Tricia Gates Brown. Pp. viii + 307. (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, 253.) London: T. & T. Clark International (a Continuum imprint), 2003. isbn 0 8264 6986 8 and 0 5670 8442 6. Hardback £70
‘The Writingsof John’ for the purpose of this book are the Gospel and 1 John. Its author, a graduate of George Fox University (USA), completed the doctorate on which it is based at St Andrews University with Ronald Piper as supervisor. The book has one basic thesis, which is hammered home repeatedly...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 551-555 |
| Review of: | Spirit in the writings of John (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark International, 2004) (Edwards, Ruth B.)
Spirit in the writings of John (London [u.a.] : Clark, 2003) (Edwards, Ruth B.) |
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| Summary: | ‘The Writingsof John’ for the purpose of this book are the Gospel and 1 John. Its author, a graduate of George Fox University (USA), completed the doctorate on which it is based at St Andrews University with Ronald Piper as supervisor. The book has one basic thesis, which is hammered home repeatedly. In John God acts as ‘patron’; believers, whether Jewish or Christian, are ‘clients’; Jesus is the supreme ‘broker’ with the Paraclete as a subordinate ‘broker’; the disciples have a limited role as even more subordinate ‘brokers’. These figures stand in contrast to the Jewish priests, Pharisees, and other religious leaders who are rival and useless ‘brokers’, in competition with Jesus. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli132 |
