Subversive Wisdom

by Bert Newton

Book Overview

Subversive Wisdom makes the case that in the Gospel of John, Jesus walks and talks like Lady Wisdom of the Hebrew Scriptures. In John, Jesus is Wisdom incarnate, speaking and demonstrating the subversive wisdom of the way of the cross; he is a sort of trickster, confusing and frustrating his enemies, acting in ways counter to convention, and driving out the ""ruler of this world"" through the upside-down logic that comes ""from above."" Subversive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610978226
• ISBN13: 9781610978224
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"