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How do Israel's Scriptures inform the account of Jesus's cruciform death in the Gospel of John? What does it mean for John's portrayal of Jesus's death to be "according to the Scriptures"? The Use of the Jewish Scriptures in the Johannine Passion Narrative: That the Scripture May Be Perfected argues that they are the focal element of the Johannine portrayal, and without them, John's Passion Narrative simply makes no sense. Whether through the evangelist's appeal to the fulfilment of Scripture (with such fulfilment accompanying the very moment of Jesus' death) or whether through allusions to the narratives of Creation or Passover, Israel's Scriptures provide the Passion Narrative's veritable heartbeat. The book also considers the impact of John's scriptural usage on the very concept of Scripture itself, contending that Scripture is brought to perfection by Jesus' actions, and to a new standing or status in this regard. David M. Allen examines how the use of Scripture in the Passion account impacts the Fourth Gospel's own self-understanding, arguing that its capacity to pronounce on Scripture's fulfilment attests the Gospel's own self-avowed, scriptural credentials.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Scripture and the Fourth Gospel
Chapter 1: Mapping the Territory
Chapter 2: Quotation Usage in John's Passion Narrative
Chapter 3: Allusion Usage in John's Passion Narrative
Chapter 4: The Implications of Scriptural Usage in John's Passion Narrative (1): For Israel's Scriptures
Chapter 5: The Implications of Scriptural Usage in John's Passion Narrative (2): For the Fourth Gospel
Conclusion
Bibliography
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