Decock, Paul Bernard.Mukuna, Joseph N.2013-01-042013-01-0420112011http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8276Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.Since the blossoming of the linguistic theories in the Johannine scholarship, interest in the figurative language of John‘s Gospel has increased. In this study on John 20:22, the statement ―Jesus breathed on them‖, that is, on his disciples, is addressed as a metaphor evoking the theme of creation. It is argued that this metaphor is essential in the understanding of the ideo-theological framework of the author of the Fourth Gospel. It plays a key function in the network of Johannine metaphors.en-ZABible. N.T. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. N.T.--Study and teaching (Higher)Linguistics--Religious aspects.Theses--Theology.Thesis