Her testimony is true: women as witnesses according to John

In Her Testimony is True, the Gospel of John is analysed as a rhetorical work that uses the metaphor of a trial in order to persuade readers that the Messiah is Jesus. John's presentation of women as witnesses in that trial is examined within the framework of Jewish law and custom regarding wom...

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Main Author: Maccini, Robert Gordon (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Sheffield Sheffield Academic Press 1996
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament / Supplement series (125)
Year: 1996
Reviews:, in: CBQ 59/4 (1997) 776-777 (Mangan, Céline)
Series/Journal:Journal for the study of the New Testament / Supplement series 125
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B John / Woman
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible N.T John Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Feminist exegesis
B Bible John Criticism, interpretation, etc
B John
B Women in the Bible
B Witnesses (Jewish law)
B Christianity Scriptures Special subjects Women
B Woman
B Women Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law)
B Thesis
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Summary:In Her Testimony is True, the Gospel of John is analysed as a rhetorical work that uses the metaphor of a trial in order to persuade readers that the Messiah is Jesus. John's presentation of women as witnesses in that trial is examined within the framework of Jewish law and custom regarding women as witnesses. Maccini concludes that the role of the women as witnesses follows no stereotypical pattern; that the women as witnesses, like the men, are treated as individuals, not as a class; and that in no case do any of the women bear witness in a way that breaches Jewish law and the custom of the contemporary culture.
ISBN:1850755884