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The Bridegroom Messiah and the People of God: Marriage in the Fourth Gospel

The Bridegroom Messiah and the People of God: Marriage in the Fourth Gospel Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 5 (2009) 246–269 255 Jocelyn McWhirter, Th e Bridegroom Messiah and the People of God: Marriage in the Fourth Gospel (SNTS.MS 138. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) xv + 175 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-86425-1. As increased attention has been paid to the literary strategies of the Fourth Gospel, and also to the many levels of its use of the Scriptures, so there has been a renewed appreciation of its use of echoes of the biblical themes of betrothal and marriage; ‘renewed’ because, as McWhirter observes, such insights are already found in Origen and Hippolytus, although their recovery goes beyond the current interest in Patristic exegesis. Although McWhirter is not innovating in detecting such themes, this is probably the most systematic attempt to trace their development through the Gospel and to integrate them with the confession of Jesus as Messiah and with an ecclesiology. Th e book is a revision of a 2001 doctoral dissertation at Princeton Th eological Seminary, but, although it follows the familiar format of the genre, its style is both con- fi dent and lucid. Inevitably, since much of the argument depends on linguistic echoes, it makes frequent reference to the Greek http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

The Bridegroom Messiah and the People of God: Marriage in the Fourth Gospel

Lieu, Judith
Ecclesiology , Volume 5 (2): 255 – Jan 1, 2009
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Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 5 (2009) 246–269 255 Jocelyn McWhirter, Th e Bridegroom Messiah and the People of God: Marriage in the Fourth Gospel (SNTS.MS 138. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) xv + 175 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-86425-1. As increased attention has been paid to the literary strategies of the Fourth Gospel, and also to the many levels of its use of the Scriptures, so there has been a renewed appreciation of its use of echoes of the biblical themes of betrothal and marriage; ‘renewed’ because, as McWhirter observes, such insights are already found in Origen and Hippolytus, although their recovery goes beyond the current interest in Patristic exegesis. Although McWhirter is not innovating in detecting such themes, this is probably the most systematic attempt to trace their development through the Gospel and to integrate them with the confession of Jesus as Messiah and with an ecclesiology. Th e book is a revision of a 2001 doctoral dissertation at Princeton Th eological Seminary, but, although it follows the familiar format of the genre, its style is both con- fi dent and lucid. Inevitably, since much of the argument depends on linguistic echoes, it makes frequent reference to the Greek

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