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Scripture Cannot Be Broken
The Social Function of the Use of Scripture in the Fourth Gospel
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Scripture is powerful for all who lend it authority. Clark-Soles explores the ways in which the author of the Fourth Gospel deploys scripture to form his sectarian community. The first part of the book provides the sociological framework for addressing the role of scripture within sectarian communities. By definition, sects are in conflict with a parent tradition. How, if at all, does a sect appropriate those texts that not only âbelongâ to the parent tradition but also are used by that parent tradition to deride the sectarians? By investigating the dynamics of scripture in the ancient Qumran community and in the modern Branch Davidian community, Clark-Soles sheds light on the community of the Fourth Gospel.
Jaime Clark-Soles, Ph.D. (2000) in New Testament, Yale University, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology.
Those interested in New Testament studies, the social history of early Christianity, sociology of religion, social-scientific approaches to the Bible, the Branch Davidian community, and the Qumran community.