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Given all that has been written about the Gospel of John over the past twenty centuries, can anything more possibly be said about it? Yes, says Jerome Neyrey—by reading this “maverick Gospel” in terms of ancient rhetoric and by viewing it in terms of cultural anthropology. By interpreting the text in these two fresh ways, Neyrey distinctively illuminates the Gospel of John, casting new light on...

Following the narrative announcement that “the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand” (7:2), conflictual relationships between Jesus and two groups of people immediately appear. First, the brothers of Jesus urge him to attend the feast “that your disciples may see the works that you do” (7:3). If these “brothers” were true disciples, we might take their advice seriously; but inasmuch as the Evangelist remarks that “even his brothers did not believe in him” (7:5), the narrative audience perceives
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