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Who Should Be King in Israel? attempts to link common messianic
issues found in some Dead Sea Scrolls with the Gospel of John.
These messianic issues are studied in relation to the political
situation facing the Johannine community in dealing with the Roman
empire. The readers/hearers of the Fourth Gospel had to deal with
different challenges from the Roman government and the
non-Christian Jewish community in the era between the Jewish Revolt
and the Bar-Kochba Revolt. Jesus is presented as the new David, the
Son of God, who is the solution to all of humanity's problems. The
fall of the Temple in 70 CE had created a political and religious
situation that meant early Christians of the post-70 CE
socio-political environment had to deal with Roman suspicion and
Jewish disappointment. The Fourth Gospel uses vocabulary and
imagery designed to communicate the message that Jesus is the
Christ without inflaming either Roman or Jewish sensibilities. This
book is written in a manner designed to deal intelligently with
that difficult era in Christian history.
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