John within Judaism : : religion, ethnicity, and the shaping of Jesus-oriented Jewishness in the fourth gospel / / by Wally V. Cirafesi.

In John within Judaism , Wally V. Cirafesi offers a reading of the Gospel of John as an expression of the fluid and flexible nature of Jewish identity in Greco-Roman antiquity. While many have noted John's general Jewishness, few have given it a seat at the ideologically congested table of anci...

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Superior document:Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; Volume 112
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; Volume 112.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Summary:In John within Judaism , Wally V. Cirafesi offers a reading of the Gospel of John as an expression of the fluid and flexible nature of Jewish identity in Greco-Roman antiquity. While many have noted John's general Jewishness, few have given it a seat at the ideologically congested table of ancient Jewish practice and belief. By interrogating the concept of "Judaism" in relation to the complex categories of "religion" and "ethnicity," Cirafesi argues that John negotiates Jewishness using strategies of ethnic identity formation paralleled in other Jewish sources from the Second Temple and early rabbinic periods. In this process of negotiation, including its use of "high christology" and critique of Ioudaioi, John coalesces with other expressions of ancient Jewish identity and, thus, can be read "within Judaism.".
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9004462945
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Wally V. Cirafesi.