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Book The Origin of the Prologue to St  John s Gospel

Download or read book The Origin of the Prologue to St John s Gospel written by James Rendel Harris and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Prologue of the Fourth Gospel

Download or read book The Prologue of the Fourth Gospel written by Peter Phillips and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phillips undertakes a sequential reading of the Prologue of John's Gospel. By using the reading strategies of Iser, Emmott, and Eco, the book establishes a reading strategy termed sequential disclosure, which is then applied to the text. In order to arrive at the reading, preliminary chapters focus both on historical interpretation of the Prologue in terms of reader response and on the role of the author, the use of persuasion and the development of irony. Special focus is given to the role of the dramatic prologue, as well as the interaction between rhetoric, irony and community. As such, the book discusses the role of the reading process in developing a specific community language. The book focuses on the didactic role of the Prologue in teaching readers this language and so including them into the Johannine community. The reading of the Prologue highlights the key aspects of the reading process: ambiguity and disambiguation; resemanticization; antilanguage; community development and intertextuality. A sequential reading of the Prologue highlights the didactic and evangelistic role of this text. JSNTS 294

Book The Written Gospel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Markus Bockmuehl
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2005-07-28
  • ISBN : 9781139445726
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book The Written Gospel written by Markus Bockmuehl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprehensively surveys the origin, production and reception of the canonical gospels in the early church. The discussion unfolds in three steps. Part One traces the origin of the 'gospel' of Jesus, its significance in Jewish and Hellenistic contexts of the first century, and its development from eyewitness memory to oral tradition and written text. Part Two then more specifically examines the composition, design and intentions of each of the four canonical gospels. Widening the focus, Part Three first asks about gospel-writing as viewed from the perspective of ancient Jews and pagans before turning to the question of reception history in the proliferation of 'apocryphal' gospels, in the formation of the canon, and in the beginnings of a gospel commentary tradition.

Book Prologue and Gospel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Harris
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2004-12-30
  • ISBN : 9780567040510
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Prologue and Gospel written by Elizabeth Harris and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure and content of the Johannine prologue determine the structure and content of the whole Gospel. It provides the reader with seminal statements about the cosmic situation and God's plan for mankind, statements which are explicated thereafter. Elizabeth Harris demonstrates that a type of prologue found in ancient Greek literature could be the literary convention behind John 1.1-18.

Book Hymns to Christ

Download or read book Hymns to Christ written by William Penney (Lord Kinloch.) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Incarnation and Covenant in the Prologue to the Fourth Gospel  John 1 1 18

Download or read book Incarnation and Covenant in the Prologue to the Fourth Gospel John 1 1 18 written by Wilson Paroschi and published by Peter Lang Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study deals with the structural and exegetical relationship between pre-existence and incarnation in the dynamics of John's Prologue (John 1:1-18). It discusses the point in the narrative at which the shift from the pre-existent Logos to the incarnate Christ takes place and, therefore, the perspective from which the individual parts of the passage (vss. 1-5; vss. 6-13; vss. 14-18) should be interpreted. By making a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the text and evaluating all contrasting views on the subject, the book shows the essential chronological order of the narrative, whose climax (vss. 14-18) is not the announcement of the incarnation proper, but rather a profound theological reflection on the significance of that event based on the covenantal traditions of the exodus story and later prophetic expectations.

Book A Prologue to Studies in the Fourth Gospel

Download or read book A Prologue to Studies in the Fourth Gospel written by Riku P. Tuppurainen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Gospel both blesses and betrays. It blesses readers who engage with its message, but it may betray those who read it nonchalantly. The notion that the Fourth Gospel is easy to understand is an enduring myth. This volume takes readers on a heuristic journey to discover the Fourth Gospel’s unique theological aspects, problematic historical matters, inimitable literary features, and various interpretive approaches using an accessible format and easy-to-read language. The purpose of this publication is to enable readers to appreciate the Fourth Gospel’s wide horizon, so necessary to understand its narratives in their historical and narrative contexts. Like the prologue of the Fourth Gospel that introduces and gives perspective on how readers should approach the rest of the Gospel, similarly, this volume introduces and gives perspective to studies in the Fourth Gospel. The text is divided into three parts, which examine its independent theology and argumentation, various outstanding issues, and its interpretation respectively. This volume is suitable for a wide readership, from Bible study groups to pastors and from undergraduate to graduate students.

Book The Prologue of the Fourth Gospel

Download or read book The Prologue of the Fourth Gospel written by Peter Phillips and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the background to the interpretation of the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel and the various layers of meaning.

Book Salvation History in the Prologue of John

Download or read book Salvation History in the Prologue of John written by Ed. L. Miller and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Text -- Chapter Two: The Interpretation -- Chapter Three: The Theology -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names.

Book John s Use of Ezekiel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Neil Peterson
  • Publisher : Fortress Press
  • Release : 2015-08-01
  • ISBN : 1506400388
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book John s Use of Ezekiel written by Brian Neil Peterson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long puzzled over the distinctive themes and sequence of John’s narrative in contrast to the Synoptic Gospels. Brian Neil Peterson now offers a remarkable explanation for some of the most unusual features of John, including the early placement of Jesus’ “cleansing” of the temple, the emphasis on “signs” confirming Jesus’ identity, the prominence of Jesus’ “I Am” sayings, and a number of others. The Fourth Evangelist relied on models, motifs, and even the macrostructure of the Book of Ezekiel.

Book Word and Glory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Craig A. Evans
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 1993-11-01
  • ISBN : 1850754489
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Word and Glory written by Craig A. Evans and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word and Glory challenges recent claims that Gnosticism, especially as expressed in the Nag Hammadi tractate Trimorphic Protennoia, is the most natural and illuminating background for understanding the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel. Scriptural allusions and interpretive traditions suggest that Jewish wisdom tradition, mediated by the synagogue of the diaspora, lies behind the Prologue and the Fourth Gospel as a whole, not some form of late first-century Gnosticism. Several features of the Fourth Gospel reflect the synagogue and nascent Christianity's struggle to advance and defend its beliefs about Jesus who, as God's son and Agent, was understood as the embodiment of the Divine Word. All of the ingredients that make up Johannine christology derive from dominical tradition, refracted through the lens of Jewish interpretive traditions. There is no compelling evidence that this christology derived from or was influenced by gnostic mythology. Word and Glory also develops and tests criteria for assessing the relative value of post-New Testament sources for the interpretation of New Testament documents.

Book The Legacy of John

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tuomas Rasimus
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9004176330
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book The Legacy of John written by Tuomas Rasimus and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the early, second-century reception of the Fourth Gospel. This is an era when its fortunes are surrounded by silence and mystery. It was assumed, until quite recently, that Gnostic and other so-called heterodox groups were the first ones to appreciate this gospel, and hence the mainstream Christians avoided using it until Irenaeus rescued it for the church. Lately, this view has been challenged by several scholars for several reasons. The contributions in this volume, written by leading specialists in their respective fields, offer an approachable, fresh, comprehensive and up-to-date view of the second-century reception of John s Gospel, in a situation where new understandings about various forms of early Christianity and its multiformity have started to emerge.

Book The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessors

Download or read book The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessors written by Robert Tomson Fortna and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the groundbreaking sequel to Fortna's The Gospel of Signs which reconstructed a source underlying the Fourth Gospel narrative. Here he not only brings that reconstruction up to date but also provides commentary, section by section, on both the text of the reconstructed Johannine source and its redaction in canonical John (Part One).In Part Two, Fortna systematically draws together the theological movement from source to present Gospel covering such topics as Christology, the value of signs for faith, salvation, Jesus' death, eschatology and community, and "the Jews" in relation to geography in the Fourth Gospel. This work, then, provides a comprehensive and unique redaction-critical treatment of the whole Johannine narrative.

Book The Scriptural Tale in the Fourth Gospel

Download or read book The Scriptural Tale in the Fourth Gospel written by Edward H. Gerber and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Scriptural Tale in the Fourth Gospel, Ed Gerber argues that the story of Jesus has been told as a creative retelling of the story of Adam & Israel, first in the prologue, and then in the body of the Gospel as a whole.

Book John

    Book Details:
  • Author : Norman R. Ericson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN : 9780842318921
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book John written by Norman R. Ericson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Word and Glory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Craig A. Evans
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 1993-11-01
  • ISBN : 0567184773
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Word and Glory written by Craig A. Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word and Glory challenges recent claims that Gnosticism, especially as expressed in the Nag Hammadi tractate Trimorphic Protennoia, is the most natural and illuminating background for understanding the Prologue of the Fourth Gospel. Scriptural allusions and interpretive traditions suggest that Jewish wisdom tradition, mediated by the synagogue of the diaspora, lies behind the Prologue and the Fourth Gospel as a whole, not some form of late first-century Gnosticism. Several features of the Fourth Gospel reflect the synagogue and nascent Christianity's struggle to advance and defend its beliefs about Jesus who, as God's son and Agent, was understood as the embodiment of the Divine Word. All of the ingredients that make up Johannine christology derive from dominical tradition, refracted through the lens of Jewish interpretive traditions. There is no compelling evidence that this christology derived from or was influenced by gnostic mythology. Word and Glory also develops and tests criteria for assessing the relative value of post-New Testament sources for the interpretation of New Testament documents.

Book Christ and the Cosmos

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keith Ward
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2015-08-06
  • ISBN : 1107112362
  • Pages : 291 pages

Download or read book Christ and the Cosmos written by Keith Ward and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith Ward clarifies the Trinitarian doctrine in light of contemporary scientific thought, offering a coherent, wholly monotheistic interpretation of God.