Rediscovering the meaning of John 6:53 : the two ways, the Lord's ambivalent table, and mimetic theory

The focus of this thesis is the meaning of John 6:53: “So Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you’” (NRSV). This verse is the crux interpretum of John 6:51-58, and of the midrash this passage concludes (John...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Peter John
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42111