TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raymond Ahoua
PY  - 2021
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - The Transference of the Three Mediating Institutions of Salvation from Caiaphas to Jesus
T2  - A Study of Jn 11: 45-54 in the light of the Akan Myth of the Crossing of a River
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1104307
N2  - «It is better one man dies than the whole nation perishes» (Jn 11: 50). Caiaphas’ sentence goes beyond ethical principles and religious expectations. It appears as the saying of a cynic politician. Besides, it is seen as the perfidious advice of a corrupted high priest to the members of the Sanhedrin. Who is this man on whose saying a school is formed? Who is this man who played the most important role in the death of Jesus? Indeed Caiaphas’ sentence gives rise to the following relevant question: is the prohibition of killing (Dt. 5: 17), even the killing of a single individual in order to save a whole nation, legitimate? Thus, many issues that are associated with this high priest are associated with Jesus.   The book is mainly an exegetical and comparative analysis of Jn 11: 45-54 and the Akan myth of the crossing of the river. By providing new theological insights into Caiaphas link to Jesus’ death, it gives pertinent answers to the above questions.
KW  - Johannesevangelium 11,45-54, Exegese, Theology, Black Africa, Religious Ethnology, African Languages
LA  - English
ER  -