Voices Of The Mystics

This book explores the mysticism of John in its historical context and puts forward evidence that the mysticism developed in this text is the result of the textualization of a dialogue between the Johannine and Thomasine Christians on the subject of soteriology. This book not only sheds new light on the development of Johannine ideology, but also forges a new path in New Testament sociorhetorical criticism, particularly by developing the field of tradition intertexture.