Andrew Benko taught as an adjunct professor of biblical studies at Texas Christian University. He is an Episcopal priest.

I recommend this book. Those interested in teasing out racial thinking in early Christian texts will find the theoretical chapter informative and well researched. Johannine scholars who have struggled with Johannine anti-Judaism will be challenged by B.’s larger questions and by his careful textual analysis. The prose is clear and the exegesis judicious. . . B. is to be commended for challenging scholars to confront an uncomfortable issue and for providing said scholars with a range of interpretive tools that can help them with this important task.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and TheoryPart I: “This World”: Historical-Geographical RaceChapter 2: GalileansChapter 3: SamaritansChapter 4: Judeans and RomansPart II: “From Above”: Cosmological RaceChapter 5: Cosmological Race in AntiquityChapter 6: Cosmological Race in JohnConclusionEpilogue: The Children Of The Children Of GodAppendix: A Comparison of Cosmological Races

Andrew Benko taught as an adjunct professor of biblical studies at Texas Christian University. He is an Episcopal priest.

I recommend this book. Those interested in teasing out racial thinking in early Christian texts will find the theoretical chapter informative and well researched. Johannine scholars who have struggled with Johannine anti-Judaism will be challenged by B.’s larger questions and by his careful textual analysis. The prose is clear and the exegesis judicious. . . B. is to be commended for challenging scholars to confront an uncomfortable issue and for providing said scholars with a range of interpretive tools that can help them with this important task.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and TheoryPart I: “This World”: Historical-Geographical RaceChapter 2: GalileansChapter 3: SamaritansChapter 4: Judeans and RomansPart II: “From Above”: Cosmological RaceChapter 5: Cosmological Race in AntiquityChapter 6: Cosmological Race in JohnConclusionEpilogue: The Children Of The Children Of GodAppendix: A Comparison of Cosmological Races

Andrew Benko taught as an adjunct professor of biblical studies at Texas Christian University. He is an Episcopal priest.

I recommend this book. Those interested in teasing out racial thinking in early Christian texts will find the theoretical chapter informative and well researched. Johannine scholars who have struggled with Johannine anti-Judaism will be challenged by B.’s larger questions and by his careful textual analysis. The prose is clear and the exegesis judicious. . . B. is to be commended for challenging scholars to confront an uncomfortable issue and for providing said scholars with a range of interpretive tools that can help them with this important task.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and TheoryPart I: “This World”: Historical-Geographical RaceChapter 2: GalileansChapter 3: SamaritansChapter 4: Judeans and RomansPart II: “From Above”: Cosmological RaceChapter 5: Cosmological Race in AntiquityChapter 6: Cosmological Race in JohnConclusionEpilogue: The Children Of The Children Of GodAppendix: A Comparison of Cosmological Races