JEROME H. NEYREY, S.J. Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, MA 02138 Biblical texts that called mortals “gods” attracted attention from commentators and became the focus of ingenious interpretations and exegetical principles.1 This is certainly true of Ps 82:6, “I said: ‘You are Gods.’ ” The present study examines the use of Ps 82:6 in John 10:34–36. It is my hypothesis that the Fourth Gospel understands Psalm 82 very much the way it was understood
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