"I Am the Door" (John 10:7, 9): Jesus the Broker in the Fourth Gospel

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Neyrey, Jerome H | Copyright information

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THE FOURTH GOSPEL seems to be immune to interpretation via the ancient model of patron-client relationships. Peder Borgen applied the Semitic model of "agent" to Jesus,1 but he does not tell us what makes for a good agent or whether agents labor on behalf of those to whom they are sent. George W. Buchanan presented Jesus as an "apostle," according to an understanding of "agency" as a legal phenomenon. He considered the "agency" ...

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