TY - BOOK AU - Sylva, Dennis AU - Sylva,Dennis TI - Thomas-Love as Strong as Death: Faith and Commitment in the Fourth Gospel SN - 9780567221520 U1 - B70.1 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - T and T Clark N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Going to death with him ........11 Bravery ............17 Disbelief and not doubt or Incomprehension ........32 The Twinning of Thomas with Jesus, Peter, and Caiphas ..........58 2. Where Else Can we go with him ..................63 Bravery : A request for marching orders ........63 Intrasigence: Context crunched ...........66 The Twinning of Thoms with Jesus, Philop, and pilate ..........79 3. There more: God From beyond the limits of Belief ........82 The Twinning of thomas with the Resurrected Lord, Judas Iscariot, and Nathanael .......91 Breaking the pattern ..........99 4. The Johannine Thomas in the Context of the Cultural Topoi of ----------- and Friendship Thomas as a Boundary Figure ..........108 Refractive virtue ......110 The Distinctiveness of the Johannine Thomas ...........128 The Winning of the Johannine Community ...............130 ER -