Jesus-Disciple Relationship and Guru-Devotee Union: An Intercultural Reading of the Gospel of John and Tiruvācakam
This paper attempts an intercultural reading of the Jesus-Disciple relationship present in the Gospel of John taking the Tamil Śaiva perspective as a distinct hermeneutical approach. The paper presents select principles of ‘union’ represented in the master-disciple relationships of both John and Tir...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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In: |
Biblical interpretation
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 381-401 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Discipleship of Christ
/ John
/ Māṇikkavācakar, Tiruvācakam
/ Intercultural understanding
/ Śaiva-Siddhānta
/ Guru
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IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations HC New Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Śaiva
B intercultural hermeneutics B John B Tiruvācakam B Union |
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Summary: | This paper attempts an intercultural reading of the Jesus-Disciple relationship present in the Gospel of John taking the Tamil Śaiva perspective as a distinct hermeneutical approach. The paper presents select principles of ‘union’ represented in the master-disciple relationships of both John and Tiruvācakam and juxtaposes their implications to their respective contexts. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00284P14 |