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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, England :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1996.
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;
125. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567614568 0567614565 128320116X 9781283201162 9786613201164 6613201162 |
| Access: | Legal Deposit; |