Mathew E. Sousa demonstrates that in certain respects, John’s doctrine of salvation fails to align with its customary depiction in Johannine scholarship. Sousa suggests that, according to John, the human predicament is not merely "unbelief" or a lack of mental perception, and Jesus’s missi...

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Main Author:	Sousa, Mathew E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York T&T Clark 2023
Series:	The library of New Testament studies 647
Subjects:	Bibel > Johannesevangelium Soteriologie Christologie Bible / John / Criticism, interpretation, etc Sin / Biblical teaching Salvation / Biblical teaching Bible / John Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	Mathew E. Sousa demonstrates that in certain respects, John’s doctrine of salvation fails to align with its customary depiction in Johannine scholarship. Sousa suggests that, according to John, the human predicament is not merely "unbelief" or a lack of mental perception, and Jesus’s mission consists not merely of "revelation" and/or a purely forensic atonement. Rather, Jesus is (for John) the one who makes true and everlasting life an accomplished fact for humanity, and in doing so Jesus reveals the true nature of the predicament from which he saves. Sousa argues that salvation in the Gospel of John concerns "ethics" and the quality or condition of human corporeality. The matters of sin and death in particular also make clear that, according to John, the human predicament is a reality that in various ways persists for believers as they both are and become children of God. Sousa thus concludes that salvation for John consists of far more than the emergence of belief in a moment of decision. "Mathew E. Sousa demonstrates that in certain respects, John's doctrine of salvation fails to align with its customary depiction in Johannine scholarship"
Physical Description:	144 Seiten
ISBN:	9780567699237