ABSTRACT
John, the Gospel most obviously addressed at a Hellenized audience, uniquely features Christ’s resurrection of Lazarus as the immediate cause for his execution. This tale clearly draws on the larger Asclepius tradition, the miraculous healer most prominent in Greek myth, but even more specifically on Heracles’ retrieval of Alcestis from Hades, while a guest in Admetus’ palace. Both narratives feature a corresponding series of 12 interconnected motifs.
