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- Title
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MOSES IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
- Authors
Lee, Dorothy A.
- Abstract
Moses plays an important role in the narrative and theology of the Fourth Gospel. In the six narrative contexts in which he appears throughout the Gospel, he plays the roles of author (of Torah), actor (in the exodus story) and law-giver (Mt Sinai). In each case, Moses plays a symbolic role in relation to the Jesus of John's Gospel, which goes beyond the notion of promise-fulfilment. As a prototype of the Johannine Jesus, Moses' parallel role points symbolically to Jesus' identity and function. For the fourth evangelist, Jesus does not replace Moses; rather the Johannine Moses maintains an ongoing, christological function that endures in the life of the community of faith.
- Subjects
MOSES (Biblical leader) in the New Testament; BIBLE. Gospels; BIBLICAL theology
- Publication
Australian Biblical Review, 2015, Vol 63, p52
- ISSN
0045-0308
- Publication type
Article