Jewish Feasts and the Gospel of John

""John situates certain events in Jesus' ministry specifically during four Jewish festival seasons: Sabbath, Passover, Tabernacles, and Dedication. According to John, Jesus replaces these feasts in his special relationship to the Father, making them obsolete. The Book of Signs John 1:19-12:50], is important for this study because it is here that John explores the significance of Jesus in light of the symbolism of the Jewish feasts. . . . We will therefore focus our discussion predominately on the Book of Signs, pointing out in the course of our study where the festival motifs are resumed in the Book of Glory John 13:1-20:31]."" --from the Introduction Gale A. Yee is currently Professor of Hebrew Bible at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of 'Poor Banished Children of Eve: Woman as Evil in the Hebrew Bible'; 'Composition and Tradition in the Book of Hosea'; and a commentary, ""The Book of Hosea,"" The New Interpreters Bible, Vol. VII; as well as many articles and essays. She is the editor of 'Judges and Method: New Approaches in Biblical Studies', which is now in its second edition, and general editor of 'Semeia Studies'.