New Perspectives on Healing, Restoration and Reconciliation in John's Gospel

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-24280-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 149, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

In New Perspectives on Healing, Restoration and Reconciliation in John, Jacobus (Kobus) Kok investigates the depth and applicability of Jesus’ healing narratives in John’s gospel. Against the background of an ancient group-oriented worldview, it goes beyond the impasse of most Western approaches to interpreting the Biblical healing narratives to date.

He argues that the concept of healing was understood in antiquity (as in some parts of Africa) in a much broader way than we tend to understand it today. He shows inter alia why the interaction between Jesus and the Samaritan woman could be interpreted as a healing narrative, illustrating the ancient interrelationship between healing, restoration and reconciliation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kok, Jacobus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Jacobus (Kobus) Kok, (Ph.D.), Evangelical Theological Faculty Leuven, is Head of Department of New Testament Studies and NRF Y1 Research Associate (and former Ass. Prof.) at the Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria in South Africa.