TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seung-In Song
PY  - 2019
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433164088
TI  - Water as an Image of the Spirit in the Johannine Literature
DO  - 10.3726/b14936
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1057776
N2  - The central aim of Water as an Image of the Spirit in the Johannine Literature is to propose two sets of indicators that can be used to assess the symbolic reference of water imagery in the Johannine literature. The first set, comprised of five indicators, can be used to decide whether a given instance of water imagery in the Johannine literature represents the Spirit. The other set, comprised of six indicators, can be used to determine whether a given instance of water imagery has a symbolic meaning instead of or in addition to its literal meaning. The validity of these indicators is demonstrated by applying them to six disputed water passages (1 John 5:6–8; Rev. 22:1–2; John 3:5, 4:10–14, 6:35, and 19:34). The author draws on narrative and exegetical methodologies to stage new claims that will incite further debate and discussion regarding the role of water imagery—and symbolic devices more broadly—in the Johannine texts.
LA  - English
ER  -