This monograph examines the relationships between the two ""families"" of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel. The first family is that of the mother, brothers, and sisters of Jesus; the second is the fictive family of the disciples. Using social-scientific criticism, Campbell proposes that the Gospel depicts a sharp division between these families, that is, between the biological family, the brothers and sisters of Jesus (adelphoi), and the discipleship family that includes the mother of Jesus.
| ISBN: | 9780915170418 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2007 |
| Author: | Joan Cecelia Campbell |
| Publisher: | Catholic Biblical Association of America an imprint of The Catholic University of America Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | The Catholic Biblical Quarterly. |
| Genres: |
Theology |