{"product_id":"9781506423456","title":"The Dionysian Gospel: The Fourth Gospel and Euripides","description":"\u003cp\u003eMacDonald observes that the Fourth Gospel sounds themes proper to the Greek god Dionysos (the Roman Bacchus), not least as he was depicted in Euripides’s play The Bacchae. A divine figure, offspring of a divine father and human mother, takes on flesh to live among mortals, but is rejected by his own; miraculously provides wine; includes women as his close devotees; dies a violent death—and returns to life. The Johannine Evangelist not only imitated Euripides but expected his readers to recognize Jesus as greater than Dionysos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1517 Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49786893467888,"sku":"9781506423456","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781506423456","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}