The Law in the Fourth Gospel
Author: Pancaro
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-04-09
Total Pages: 589
ISBN-13: 9004266534
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The Mystical Way in the Fourth Gospel
Author: L. William Countryman
Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781563381034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is a sustained literary-critical reading of John's Gospel in terms of mystical theology. Arguing that John "is guiding, perhaps at times impelling, the reader along a path that leads from conversion through Christian initiation to mystical enlightenment and union," Professor Countryman suggests that this concern controls the Gospel's literary structure and unity. He demonstrates this argument through a fresh and readable translation of the Fourth Gospel, offering a new way of reading John that has direct relevance to Christian life today. The chapters in the book follow the progress of the would-be mystic from initial conversion through baptism and Eucharist to mystical enlightenment. In addition to this mystical program, and integrated with the narrative of the Gospel, is a theological interpretation of Jesus which explains why he is centrally important for the mystic. "An appealing and attractive interpretation that deserves close attention." Adris Newsletter L.William Countryman is Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and the author of many books, including Good News of Jesus, The Language of Ordination, and Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny all published by Trinity Press International.
Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel
Author: Hunt, et al
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 746
ISBN-13: 0802873928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing various narrative approaches and methodologies, an international team of forty-four Johannine scholars here offers probing essays related to individual characters and group characters in the Gospel of John. These essays present fresh perspectives on characters who play a major role in the Gospel (Peter, Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, Thomas, and many others), but they also examine characters who have never before been the focus of narrative analysis (the men of the Samaritan woman, the boy with the loaves and fishes, Barabbas, and more). Taken together, the essays shed new light on how complex and nuanced many of these characters are, even as they stand in the shadow of Jesus. Readers of this volume will be challenged to consider the Gospel of John anew.
The Adaptable Jesus of the Fourth Gospel
Author: Jason S. Sturdevant
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-09-07
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9004304231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Adaptable Jesus of the Fourth Gospel, Jason S. Sturdevant argues that the Gospel of John portrays Jesus as an adaptable teacher, who accommodates to different people in various ways to a singular end, to bring each to faith. In the same way, the Logos accommodates to humanity via the incarnation. Adaptability serves as both an interpersonal and universal category. Early Christian interpretations of John, especially that of John Chrysostom, describe the Jesus of John by echoing characterizations of the ideal Greco-Roman pedagogue, adapting to his diverse students. By looking to such interpretations, as well as illumination from the milieu of the Fourth Evangelist, Jason S. Sturdevant provides a new lens through which to understand the characterization of the Johannine Jesus.
How John Works
Author: Douglas Estes
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2016-10-07
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0884141470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssential classroom resource for New Testament courses In this book, a group of international scholars go in detail to explain how the author of the Gospel of John uses a variety of narrative strategies to best tell his story. More than a commentary, this book offers a glimpse at the way an ancient author created and used narrative features such as genre, character, style, persuasion, and even time and space to shape a dramatic story of the life of Jesus. Features: An introduction to the Fourth Gospel through its narrative features and dynamics Fifteen features of story design that comprise the Gospel of John Short, targeted essays about how John works that can be used as starting points for the study of other Gospels/texts
Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel
Author: Craig R. Koester
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2003-02-19
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781451405422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCraig Koester's respected study uses the symbolic language of the Gospel of John as a focus to explore "the Gospel's literary dimensions, social and historical context, and theological import." This edition is fully revised and updated and includes a number of new sections on such topics as Judas and the knowledge of God. Fresh treatments are given on a number of issues, including the Gospel's Christology. This new edition offers both new insights and proven worth for students and scholars alike.
The Fourth Gospel and the Scriptures
Author: Wm. Randolph Bynum
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2012-06-07
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9004229140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Fourth Gospel and the Scriptures, Bynum presents new insights from ancient biblical manuscripts 4QXII and the Minor Prophets Scroll that help unlock the mystery of John’s unique form of scriptural citation.
Understanding the Fourth Gospel
Author: John Ashton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780198263531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first comprehensive study of St John's Gospel for nearly forty years. The author provides new and coherent answers to its two most important questions: the position of the Gospel in the history of Christian thought, and its central or governing idea. In the course of the book, helooks at the Gospel from a variety of viewpoints: historical, literary, and theological. The discussion is balanced and comprehensive and brings into play questions of origins, content, and readership. Detailed exegetical arguments that advance scholarly debate, and intricate questions ofspecialized concern, are for the most part dealt with conveniently in five major excursuses. All non-English sources are translated.
The Fourth Gospel
Author: John Shelby Spong
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2013-06-11
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1443424013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBestselling and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong reveals the subversive, mystical wisdom of the writer of the Gospel of John and how his teachings point us forward in the twenty-first century In The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic, Spong turns his attention to the Gospel of John, the fourth Gospel in the Bible. Contrary to what is most often believed, he writes that this gospel was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus. In fact, it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus’ life through the medium of Jewish worship traditions and fictional characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the “Beloved Disciple.” The Fourth Gospel not only recaptures the original message of this gospel, but also provides us with a radical new dimension to the claim that in the humanity of Jesus the reality of God has been met and engaged. This book offers a fresh way to read the Gospel of John and a unique primer about how to be a Christian in the post-Christian twenty-first century.
The Jews and the World in the Fourth Gospel
Author: Lars Kierspel
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9783161490699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevised thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., 2006.
