John Painter
John Painter
John Painter is Foundation Professor of Theology at St. Mark’s National Theological Centre, School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, Canberra Campus, Australia. His publications include John Witness and Theologian (SPCK, 1975) and The Quest for the Messiah: The History, Literature and Theology of the Johannine Community (T&T Clark and Abingdon, 1993).
God as Sender, Jesus as Sent
The relationship between Jesus and God is a prominent concern of the Gospel of John, embodied by the motif of God as “sender” and Jesus as the “sent.”
