Your Father the Devil?
A New Approach to John and the Jews
Published on 1. June 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-0-85364-832-1 (ISBN)
Description
Is John's Gospel antisemitic? In John 8:44 Jesus tells the Jews, 'You are of your father the Devil', a charge used throughout the centuries by antisemites to fuel hatred of the Jews. And it is no one-off statement: throughout the Gospel, 'the Jews' appear as Jesus' sharpest opponents, ultimately seeking his execution. Who then are 'the Jews' in John's Gospel? Defending John against the charge of antisemitism, Motyer argues that, far from demonising the Jews, the Gospel seeks to present Jesus as 'Good News for Jews' in a late first century setting.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlisle
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Authentic Media
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85364-832-1 (9780853648321)
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Steve Motyer (PhD.,University of London) is a lecturer in New Testament at London School of Theology, formerly London Bible College, where he leads the Theology and Counselling course. He is a respected speaker, and author of The Bible with Pleasure, Israel in the Plan of God, Discovering Ephesians, Discovering Hebrews and co-author of 1 and 2 Thessalonians in the Crossway Bible Guides. His latest publication is The Letter of Hebrews in the Two Horizons Theological Commentary.