| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 233
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 233.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; A Note on Texts, Translations and Abbreviations; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 SURVEY OF INTERPRETATIONS OF 1 JOHN 5.21; Chapter 3 THE MEANING AND BACKGROUND OF THE TERM EIDOLON; Chapter 4 THE FORM OF THE ENDING OF 1 JOHN; Chapter 5 CLOSURE IN 1 JOHN; Chapter 6 ASSURANCE AND DUALISM; Chapter 7 SIN AND APOSTASY; Chapter 8 CHRISTOLOGY AND COMMUNITY; Chapter 9 THE FUNCTION OF THE ENDING; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors. |
| Summary |
Challenging gnositicizing interpretations of the letter, Terry Griffith explores how the polemic against idols was variously used in Jewish and Christian circles to define self-identity and the limits of community. He shows that the rhetoric of 1 John is not polemical, but pastoral, directed at confirming Johannine Christians in their fundamental confession of faith and preventing further defections of Jewish Christians back to Judaism. Griffith argues that the christological focus in 1 John concerns the identification of Jesus as the Messiah, and that the ending of the letter both contributes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Epistle of John, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Epistle of John, 1st. |
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Bible. Epistles of John -- Commentaries. |
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Bible. Epistles of John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Epistles of John -- Study and teaching. |
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Bible. Jean -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Épître de Jean, 1re -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Epistle of John, 1st. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Griffith, Terry. Keep yourselves from idols. London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, ©2002 0826460518 (DLC) 2002491077 (OCoLC)50100010 |
| ISBN |
9780567394606 (electronic book) |
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0567394603 (electronic book) |
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0826460518 |
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9780826460516 |
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