Discerning symbolic meanings in two pericopes from the Gospel of John

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The Gospel of John was written after the synoptic gospels, and was intended to explain teachings of Jesus as well as ideals in a way unexpressed previously throughout the New Testament. John does this through inserting comparative meanings within the gospel, most of which serve to further prove the divinity of Jesus in greater terms than the other gospels. Mark, Matthew, and Luke each strengthen Jesus's relationship with Jesus when compared to their predecessor, but John expresses it with the greatest clarity in order to leave no doubt in the Messiah. He therefore offers the religion to expand to a greater meaning by professing his Messiah as directly related to God. John also uses themes throughout his gospel in order to communicate the teachings of Jesus to his followers and commonly associates writings in his gospel with events occurring around him. This provides the people with more depth to their religion for they would be able to establish a deeper connection. John inserts these deeper meanings throughout various pericopes in his gospel, each having a more complicated message than the narrative itself.

Introduction
1. General presentation of the 1950s and 1960s
2. Aspects of the historical context in which the counterculture was born
3. The Beat Generation - a starting point
The origin of the movement
1. Etymology of some specific terms
2. The emergence of the hippie movement - place, time, linked manifestations
The hippie philosophy of life
1. The beliefs and the values of the hippies
2. The hippie lifestyle and its controversial side
Social and political activism, the Vietnam war
1. The involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
2. The hippies and the Vietnam War
The hippie art and fashion
1. Features of the hippie art style
2. A new and unique fashion style
Music and gatherings, the summer of love and woodstock
1. The role of music in the counterculture and its essential message
The decline of the movement
1. Woodstock - the fulfilling and the beginning of the end
2. Factors that have triggered the decline of the movement
The hippie legacy
1. The contributions of the movement to social and political change
2. Cultural elements assimilated by the mainstream
Conclusion

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[...] Discerning symbolic meanings in two pericopes from the Gospel of John The Gospel of John was written after the synoptic gospels, and was intended to explain teachings of Jesus as well as ideals in a way unexpressed previously throughout the New Testament. John does this through inserting comparative meanings within the gospel, most of which serve to further prove the divinity of Jesus in greater terms than the other gospels. Mark, Matthew, and Luke each strengthen Jesus's relationship with Jesus when compared to their predecessor, but John expresses it with the greatest clarity in order to leave no doubt in the Messiah. [...]

[...] After Jesus retaliates to the Pharisees, they depart one by one. John writes them leaving in this way in order to symbolize the slow conversion into Christianity. He writes the elders leaving first, which shows that the wisest understand before the ignorant. John therefore professes the religion as one of the wise, while the Pharisees dwell in ignorance. The narrative of the woman who committed adultery delivers many messages to society, implemented by John in numerous relations that one could only make with knowledge of the Old Testament. [...]

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