Mysticism in the Gospel of John

by Jey J. Kanagaraj

This is the first detailed study of Johannine mysticism against a Palestinian Jewish background has been previously undertaken. This book investiages whether there was a "mystical" practice in first-century Palestine and whether John can be better understood in the light of such practice, if there was any. In analysis, two strands of Jewish mysticism, the early forms of Ma aseh Merkabah and of Ma aseh Bereshit, emerge as existing in first-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850758654
• ISBN13: 9781850758655
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"