The Gospel of John seems on the face of it a poor basis for Jewish-Christian ... and often obscure statements of rabbinic sources. It comes to light in the imagery of the post-70 Apocalypses of Ezra ...

Now this theme of the Lamb of God, the Passover symbolism, actually is shot through the entirety of John's gospel. From the very first scene of John's gospel when Jesus enters the story for the ...

It is not surprising that Rosemary Ruether has found the fullest development of New Testament anti-Jewish bias within the Gospel of John. 1 Her estimate of the gospel's anti-Jewish stance reflects the ...

The instances of each thread are presented in the following chart: Unlike the authors of the synoptic gospels, John steeps his gospel in abundant symbolism, both theological and sacramental.

Some Jewish works written several hundred years before John's gospel portrayed Wisdom as God's heavenly consort. This Wisdom, pictured as a beautiful woman, lived with God and participated in ...