04559cam a2200277 a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007601500190009301600180011202000310013004000450016105000250020608200140023110000290024524500660027426000510034030000330039150400530042450536370047763000340411463000590414863000430420765000310425015849943AU-EpEBC20111017203524.0090804s2010    mau      b    001 0 eng    a  2009032076  aGBB0319262bnb7 a0154955842Uk  a9781598563061 (alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdYDXdUKMdYDXCPdDLCdAU-EpEBC00aBS2615.52b.R66 2009  a232.2/RON1 aRonning, John L.,d1954-14aThe Jewish Targums and John's logos theology /cJohn Ronning.  aPeabody, MA :bHendrickson Publishers,cc2010.  axx, 315 p. ;bpbk ; c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 aPt 1 : Why John calls Jesus "The Word" : Introduction -- Three plausible proposals -- A preliminary case for deriving the logos title from the Targums -- How John has adapted the divine word of the Targums as a title for Jesus -- John's motives for the logos title -- Conclusion. Pt 2 : The Old Testament background to John 1:14-18 : Introduction --  The manifestation of the glory of the Lord in the tabernacle and the temple -- Word, glory, and Shekinah in the Targums -- John 1:14-18 and Exodus 33:18-34:7 -- Conclusions. Pt 3 : The name of the Father and the mission of Jesus : Introduction -- The name of the Father -- The meaning of the Tetragrammaton -- The name of the Father is given to the Son -- The mission of Jesus : explaining the divine name. Pt 4 : The Son of Man came down from heaven : Introduction -- The divine descents in the OT -- Why Jesus called himself "the Son of Man" -- The call and fall of the new Adam in the OT -- Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Man -- Summary. Pt 5 :  Jesus of Nazareth, Man of War : Introduction -- Some general statements of warfare and victory -- Jesus in the footsteps of Joshua and David -- Jesus of Nazareth, divine man of war -- Another look at Joshua 4 and 2 Samuel 15 -- John 18:2-9; the disciples saved by the presence of the Lord -- John 19; the Warrior Priest-King is anointed and does battle --Conclusions. Pt 6 : Jesus the bridegroom of his people : Introduction -- Connection to the theme of Jesus as warrior -- The woman at the well in the OT -- How the OT background illumines John 4 -- The Samaritan woman as symbolic of the Bride of Christ -- Paul's great mystery -- The Upper Room discourse in light of Jesus being the bridegroom -- Conclusions. Pt 7 : Jesus the lawgiver of his people : Introduction -- Connection to the theme of Jesus as bridegroom -- The OT law was given through the son -- The Upper Room as a new Sinai -- The obedience of Jesus at the feasts -- Conclusions. Pt 8 : Jesus as the one in whom we must believe : Introduction -- Believing in Jesus the Son of Man -- Come to Jesus in order to have life -- Seeking Jesus but not finding Him -- Following Jesus -- Forgiveness and the divine word -- Conclusions. Pt 9 :  The "I am He" sayings : Introduction -- Categorising the "I sayings" -- Analysis of the twenty-two "I am He" sayings in John -- Conclusions. Pt 10 : Unwitting prophecies in the Targums :  Introductions -- Categorising unwitting prophecies in the Targums -- The consequences of not receiving the Word of the Lord -- Passages relating to specific incidents in John's Gospel -- Apologetic uses of unwitting prophecies. Pt 11 :"The Word became flesh" elsewhere in the New Testament : Introduction -- The baptism of Jesus -- The transfiguration of Jesus -- Greater than Jonah -- Greater than Solomon -- Jesus walks on the water -- The divine Word as judge -- The Great Commission -- The revelation of Jesus to Saul of Tarsus -- Paul at Corinth -- Christ in Num 21 -- Provoking Christ to jealousy -- The Name above all names -- Creation through the Son -- Waiting for Christ from heaven -- Taste and see that the Lord is good -- The Lord and His Word as stone of stumbling -- Jesus saved his people from Egypt --Conclusions. Pt 12 : The superiority of the Targum view : Introduction -- Common features between the Targum view and other proposed views -- Evaluation of arguments used against the Targum background -- Conclusions.  Summation and implications for Johannine scholarship -- John's adaptation of the Targumic word -- The unity of John's Gospel -- Unity of authorship in the Johannine literature -- John's audience and purpose.00aBible.pN.T.pJohnxTheology.00aBible.pO.T.lAramaicxCriticism, interpretation, etc.00aBiblexCriticism, interpretation, etc. 0aLogos (Christian theology)