Wounded Lord: Reading John Through the Eyes of Thomas
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Wounded Lord: Reading John Through the Eyes of Thomas

A Pastoral and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel

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eBook - ePub

Wounded Lord: Reading John Through the Eyes of Thomas

A Pastoral and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel

About this book

John's gospel does not record Thomas's doubt, as later generations of Christians have branded the story. Rather, John presents Thomas's faith. In this work, Robert H. Smith approaches Thomas as one who believes in the reality of incarnation: God has a body. Too often, Smith argues, Christians read John's gospel for its lyrical discourses. The resulting portrait of Jesus is a cross-less Christ, a portrait that contributes powerfully to Christian triumphalism. In contrast, Smith finds that the evangelist always has the cross in view. Smith reads John backwards, through the eyes of Thomas. In so doing, he demonstrates the centrality of a wounded Lord in the theology of the gospel. But this book does not end with hermeneutics. Smith advances his discussion into the life of discipleship. Anyone dwelling in Christ's body will be similarly marked. What does it mean to live in the world as the marked body of Christ? Everyone who poses the question will want to read this book. Martha E. StortzProfessor of Historical Theology and EthicsPacific Lutheran Theological Seminary/The Graduate Theological UnionBerkeley, California

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Information

Publisher
Cascade Books
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781498270205
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Reading John through the Eyes of Thomas
  5. John 1:1-18: The Word Became Flesh
  6. John 1:19–51: Sin, Seeking, and Seeing
  7. John 2:1–25: Jesus’ First Public Actions
  8. John 3:1–21: Nicodemus by Night
  9. John 4:1–42: The Samaritan Woman
  10. John 5:1–47: In Jerusalem at the Pool of Bethzatha
  11. John 6:1–65: Five Loaves, Two Fish, and the Bread of Life
  12. John 7:1–52: Words of Conflict: Teaching and Response
  13. John 8:12–59: I AM
  14. John 9:1–41: Treatise on Sin
  15. John 10:1–39: The Good Shepherd
  16. John 11:1–52: Lazarus
  17. John 12:1–43: The Glory of God
  18. John 13:1–38: Beginning a Farewell
  19. John 14:1–31: Beginning a Farewell Discourse
  20. John 15:1–27: I AM the Vine
  21. John 16:1–15: The Spirit Will Guide You into All Truth
  22. John 17:1–26: Jesus Prays on the Eve of His Crucifixion
  23. John 18:1—19:15: From a Garden to Gabbatha
  24. John 19:17–42: They Crucified Him
  25. John 20:1–31: On the First Day of the Week
  26. John 21:1–25: By the Sea of Tiberias