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This study considers the five most concrete predicated “I am” statements of John’s gospel, survey... more This study considers the five most concrete predicated “I am” statements of John’s gospel, surveying their Scriptural background particularly in the book of Isaiah, given the frequently-suggested link between the two books due to John’s absolute “I am”s being linked to the ani hu statements of Deutero-Isaiah. Findings here indicate that the Isaianic background to these predicated “I am” statements has previously been undervalued, and that an appropriation of Isaianic material, mainly but not exclusively concerning the Servant of God, gives further support to the recent emerging scholarship claiming a strong presentation of Jesus, in John, as that Servant.
This study considers the five most concrete predicated “I am” statements of John’s gospel, survey... more This study considers the five most concrete predicated “I am” statements of John’s gospel, surveying their Scriptural background particularly in the book of Isaiah, given the frequently-suggested link between the two books due to John’s absolute “I am”s being linked to the ani hu statements of Deutero-Isaiah. Findings here indicate that the Isaianic background to these predicated “I am” statements has previously been undervalued, and that an appropriation of Isaianic material, mainly but not exclusively concerning the Servant of God, gives further support to the recent emerging scholarship claiming a strong presentation of Jesus, in John, as that Servant.