The Transference of the Three Mediating Institutions of Salvation from Caiaphas to Jesus : A Study of Jn 11: 45-54 in the light of the Akan Myth of the Crossing of a River Paperback / softback

by Raymond Ahoua

Part of the Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Europeen series

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"It is better one man dies than the whole nation perishes" (Jn 11: 50).

Caiaphas' sentence goes beyond ethical principles and religious expectations.

It appears as the saying of a cynic politician. Besides, it is seen as the perfidious advice of a corrupted high priest to the members of the Sanhedrin.

Who is this man on whose saying a school is formed? Who is this man who played the most important role in the death of Jesus?

Indeed Caiaphas' sentence gives rise to the following relevant question: is the prohibition of killing (Dt. 5: 17), even the killing of a single individual in order to save a whole nation, legitimate?

Thus, many issues that are associated with this high priest are associated with Jesus. The book is mainly an exegetical and comparative analysis of Jn 11: 45-54 and the Akan myth of the crossing of the river.

By providing new theological insights into Caiaphas link to Jesus' death, it gives pertinent answers to the above questions.