WHAT A (SOMETIMES INANIMATE) DIVINE ANIMAL AND PLANT HAS TO TEACH US ABOUT BEING HUMAN: JOHN'S JESUS AND OTHER NONHUMANS.

The Jesus of John's Gospel is not, or not solely, a human being. The god-man is also a nonhuman animal (a lamb), a vegetable (a vine), vegetable byproducts (bread and a door), and inorganic energy, namely, electromagnetic radiation (light)--all epithets no more or no less metaphoric than 'Son of God...

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Published in:	Literature & Theology Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 391 - 405
Main Author:	Moore, Stephen D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Dec2017
Subjects:	Gospel of John criticism & interpretation Teachings of Jesus Christ Attributes of God Christology Biblical criticism
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