John: An Earth Bible Commentary

John: An Earth Bible Commentary
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9780567679390
ISBN-13 : 056767939X
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Book Synopsis John: An Earth Bible Commentary by : Margaret Daly-Denton

Download or read book John: An Earth Bible Commentary written by Margaret Daly-Denton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume in the Earth Bible Commentary Series suggests how John's Gospel might motivate and resource a Christian response to the ecological crisis. Margaret Daly-Denton shows how aptly Mary Magdalene recognized the risen Jesus as 'the gardener' (Jn 20.15), completing his day's work in the 'garden' of the Earth. The Johannine story of Jesus offers his present day followers a paradigm with considerable potential to inspire Earth care, sustainable living and commitment to eco-justice. The Fourth Evangelist believes that Jesus fulfils the Jewish hope for a restoration envisaged as a return of humankind to Eden. Keeping this theme continually in mind, Daly-Denton reads the gospel with sensitivity to the role of the more-than-human world in the narrative and with particular attention to the scriptural underlay that repeatedly brings this world into the foreground. The commentary begins with an exploration of the memories and associations that the garden setting would have evoked for the intended audience. It then follows the gospel's spiral path that eventually leads to the garden of Mary's encounter. Each chapter concludes by asking how believers might do God's work (Jn 6.28) in today's ecologically damaged world and by offering practical suggestions indicative of the reflection that readers of the commentary will be able to do in their own setting.


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