Qumran and the Origins of Johannine Language and Symbolism

by Elizabeth W. Mburu

Book Overview

This work sets out to demonstrate that the sectarian Qumran document The Rule of the Community, provides linguistic clues which illuminate our understanding of how the author of the Fourth Gospel used truth terminology and expected it to be understood. It establishes that there are significant linguistic similarities shared by these two corpora. While these may be attributed to a development of the common tradition shared by both, as well as the influence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567687619
• ISBN13: 9780567687616
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"