Johannine Discipleship as a Covenant Relationship unfolds a three-fold project: 1) It provides a detailed exegetical analysis of the discipleship narratives and discourses in John 1,13-17, and 20-21; 2) it investigates the OT motifs behind the presentation of discipleship and defines Johannine discipleship as a covenant relationship; 3) it examines the function and relevance of the discipleship paradigm for the Johannine community. The analysis concludes that, amid the socio-pastoral and theological crises of the Johannine community, the paradigm of discipleship as a covenant relationship redefines the socio-religious identity of the community as the chosen people of God.   

Johannine Discipleship as a Covenant Relationship (ISBN 1-56563-668-6) was published by: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.          

Rekha M. Chennattu, RA, PhD, is the Head of the Department of Scriptural Studies, Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion, India. She has taught Scripture in India, the United States, France, Italy, and Jamaica. She has published several scholarly articles and is the coeditor of the book, Transcending boundaries: Contemporary Readings of the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Francis J. Moloney (2005).