Your Father the Devil? Pastoral Epistles and practical wisdom

and practical wisdom

There is no better starting point than the Book of Proverbs

Living Under the Smile (4:25–32)

Line Matching: Reduces the degree to which print shows through from the opposite side of a page

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Your Father the Devil? Pastoral Epistles and practical wisdomIs John's Gospel antisemitic? In John 8: 44 Jesus tells the Jews, 'You are of your father the Devil', a charge used throughout the centuries by antisemites to fuel hatred of the Jews. And it is no one off statement: throughout the Gospel, 'the Jews' appear as Jesus' sharpest opponents, ultimately seeking his execution. Who then are 'the Jews' in John's Gospel? Defending John against the charge of antisemitism, Motyer argues that, far from demonising