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King of the Jews: Temple Theology in John’s Gospel is unavailable, but you can change that!

Only John’s Gospel says that Jesus was crucified as Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews. In this volume, Margaret Barker analyzes how Jesus was the keeper of the ways of the first temple in Jerusalem, which had almost been lost when the Moses traditions came to dominate in the second-temple period. Jesus’ mission was to restore the ways of the original temple. Baker uses temple theology to...

and the restoration of the eternal covenant. Hence the vision of all 12 tribes receiving the seal (Rev. 7:1–8). The bond between the Shepherd and his flock is the same as the bond between Jesus and the Father (v. 15), the theme of unity that occurs again in the high-priestly prayer in John 17. The Good Shepherd knows his own sheep, and they recognize him. Presumably the sheep recognize Wisdom and her messenger: ‘She is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her’ (Wisd.
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