Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath Recent documents in James F. McGrath en-us Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:34:23 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/35 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/35 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:06:02 PDT Chapter 5: "Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation" is an excerpt from The Only True God. Copyright 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press. This excerpt, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced, distributed, photocopied or posted on-line without the written permission of the copyright holder. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/33 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/33 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:06:17 PDT Recent scholarship on the Fourth Gospel has suggested that this document was produced by a Christian community which was involved in an intense conflict with a local synagogue, the focus of which was christology. This study attempts to relate the Johannine prologue to this context, using Berger and Luckmann's model of legitimation . John's christological portrait of Jesus in the prologue is best understood in terms of the author's use of traditions and imagery which were authoritative to both him and his opponents, in order to defend the legitimacy of his and his community's beliefs. By looking at the prologue from this perspective, our understanding of the development of the distinctive Johannine portrait of Jesus is enhanced. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/32 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/32 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:06:17 PDT James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/30 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/30 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:51:29 PDT James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/28 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/28 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:11:54 PDT For this book is neither another technical, detailed study of one or more documents or aspects of life at Qumran, nor another unscholarly sensationalist attempt to market some new conspiracy theory. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/27 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/27 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:24:23 PDT The purpose of this paper is to review different models of development which have been suggested, and to suggest a way out of the impasse between the two major views which have predominated this field of study. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/26 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/26 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:24:22 PDT The aim of this article is not to weigh the merits of Schonfield's thesis in relation to the historical Jesus, but to suggest that the author of the Fourth Gospel was concerned to argue against similar claims being made by some of his Jewish contemporaries. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/25 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/25 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:23:51 PDT No abstract available. Note: Link is to the catalog entry in Butler University's catalog. Users not affiliated with Butler University should check WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org) for this item in local libraries. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/24 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/24 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:08:23 PDT No abstract available. Note: Link is to the catalog entry in WorldCat's catalog. Please see your local librarian for assistance in borrowing this item via interlibrary loan. James F. McGrath http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/23 http://works.bepress.com/jamesmcgrath/23 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:03:55 PDT Exploration of religious (and more specifically Messianic) themes in the Matrix movies. Note: Link is to the catalog entry in WorldCat's catalog. Please see your local librarian for assistance in borrowing this item via interlibrary loan. James F. McGrath