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Book Synopsis Jesus the Ironic Christ in the Fourth Gospel by : Suresh Shenoy
Download or read book Jesus the Ironic Christ in the Fourth Gospel written by Suresh Shenoy and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus the Ironic Christ in the Fourth Gospel brings to a unified whole the research begun with my doctoral thesis on the Judaean War as a narrative five-act tragedy. Like Flavius Josephus, the four evangelists used Genres Disjunction of one or more texts behind their foreground text in the Gospel genre. They confirmed Quintilian's theory of structural irony as they also practised it with nuance.The present study proves how radical John was in his understanding of Jesus as the Christ. To claim that the Gospel of John is anti-Christological is unthinkable for New Testament scholars and Christians worldwide. Equally to conclude that the four Gospels, each in its turn repudiates the foundations of the Christian Faith is surely scandalous. However, the Gospels read as literature will convince even a skeptic of what is both unthinkable and scandalous.Whatever the cost, truth be told and long denied justice be done to the four Evangelists. With this in mind, I chose the path less travelled of reading the Gospels as classical literature. That for sure was the goal of my study Jesus the Ironic Christ in the Fourth Gospel. The conclusions drawn on the Fourth Gospel have been found to apply with equal weight to the Synoptic Gospels as well, as argued in my other New Testament studies.Without exception, the early Gospels indirectly and John's directly targeted Paul's teachings on Jesus as the Christ. John, in keeping with the strategy of narrative analepsis, dramatised what it would mean to Jesus the Galilean if he acted as though he was the Christ as Paul thought of him. It would make the Galilean a laughing stock of his family and of his Jewish foes and confuse his naïve disciples. John linked the crucifixion of the Galilean to his delusions as the Christ.Biblical scholars spend a deal of time and energy in learned disquisitions on the minutiae in the works of the Evangelists. They seem to know much about the work of the "sacred writers", little of what they have to say to them. They do not heed the Evangelists when they warn their readers off the fictional and fictitious narratives, while upholding what is worth upholding, that is, the fivefold values of Jesus the Galilean.
Book Synopsis Irony in the Fourth Gospel by : Paul D. Duke
Download or read book Irony in the Fourth Gospel written by Paul D. Duke and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Literary Devices in John's Gospel by : David W. Wead
Download or read book The Literary Devices in John's Gospel written by David W. Wead and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an interdisciplinary forerunner of the new literary approaches to gospel narratives over the last four decades in New Testament scholarship, the revised and expanded monograph by David Wead makes a timely contribution to the advancement of those studies. Rooted in comparative analyses of contemporary Hellenistic and Jewish literary techniques, and drawing from the best of Continental scholarship, Wead not only points Johannine scholars to relevant ancient resources, but his analyses prepare the way for fresh interpretations of John's story of Jesus today. Published originally in Switzerland, this book was overlooked by many scholars, to the detriment of their work. However, in addressing such themes as John's post-resurrection point of view, the Johannine sign, the Johannine double meaning, irony in the Fourth Gospel, and metaphor in the Fourth Gospel, Wead's work is now available to new generations of scholars, who will find his work both instructive and provocative. This newly revised and expanded edition, edited by Paul Anderson and Alan Culpepper, not only includes a new epilogue by David Wead, featuring new reflections and insights, but it also includes an expansive overview of the literature—before and after Wead’s work—including a helpful assessment of Wead’s monograph in service to ongoing Johannine scholarship. No serious study of Gospel literary features, devices, and strategies can afford to overlook this important book!
Book Synopsis The Fourth Gospel. The Heart of Christ by : Edmund Sears
Download or read book The Fourth Gospel. The Heart of Christ written by Edmund Sears and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original.
Book Synopsis The Gospel of John as Literature by : Stibbe
Download or read book The Gospel of John as Literature written by Stibbe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains thirteen essays written between 1900 and today. Each of them takes as its starting point the Gospel of John as a literary unity. The volume as a whole traces literary studies of John back to the early 1900's and charts their development from then. Some of these essays are little known even to Johannine scholars. Others are recognized as classics in the field. Two of them are translations. This book is therefore a timely and indispensable resource for those interested in the history of the fourth gospel interpretation, and in examples of literary methods applied to John.
Book Synopsis The Fourth Gospel by : Edmund Hamilton Sears
Download or read book The Fourth Gospel written by Edmund Hamilton Sears and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Jesus' Emotions in the Fourth Gospel by : Stephen Voorwinde
Download or read book Jesus' Emotions in the Fourth Gospel written by Stephen Voorwinde and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to discuss John's references to Jesus' emotions in the light of the current debate regarding Johannine Christology. The Fourth Gospel refers to Jesus' love, joy, and zeal. At times it also portrays him as troubled, deeply moved, and in tears. Do these expressions of emotion underscore Jesus' humanity or his divinity? The study is set against the background of the emotions of God as found in earlier Jewish literature, as well as against that of the emotions of Jesus in the Synoptics and the remainder of the New Testament. Voorwinde argues that the covenant provides the most consistent perspective for viewing both the emotions of Yahweh in the Old Testament and the emotions of Jesus in the Gospels. The Johannine Jesus is found to fulfil the hitherto incompatible roles of covenant Lord and covenant sacrifice. Rather than being expressive only of his humanity Jesus' emotions are also found to underscore his divinity. This is due to the unique genius of this Gospel with its paradoxical presentation of Jesus whose divinity is manifested most eloquently in his weakness, suffering, and death. Only his tears at the grave of Lazarus can be explained as a human emotion pure and simple. All the other emotions, because of their strong connections to the cross, highlight both Jesus' humanity and divinity, albeit for various reasons and in highly nuanced ways. JSNTS 284>
Book Synopsis The Governor and the King by : Arthur M. Wright
Download or read book The Governor and the King written by Arthur M. Wright and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Gospel is a political document. Although it has often been interpreted primarily as a “spiritual gospel,” it has much to offer readers engaged in the difficult task of negotiating life lived under the dominion of empire, whether in the first or twenty-first century. This book gives careful attention to the political dimensions of the Gospel’s Passion Narrative, including the arrest scene (18:1–12), the Roman show trial (18:28—19:16), and the crucifixion and burial of Jesus (19:16–40). It employs James C. Scott’s model of hidden transcripts and examines the Fourth Gospel’s use of irony as it seeks to understand the political dimensions of the Fourth Gospel and its relationship to the Roman Empire. In this book, Wright argues that the Passion Narrative displays part of a Johannine hidden transcript that resists, contests, and at times mimics elements of Roman imperial power. The Gospel mocks the representatives of Rome, including Pilate, the Roman soldiers, and the Jewish authorities, eroding confidence in the empire and its agents. It also subverts Roman imperial claims of dominance, authority, and power. As such, the Fourth Gospel fosters an alternative worldview and community, one centered on faith in the sovereignty of Jesus and Israel’s God.
Book Synopsis The Gospel of John and the Sociology of Light by : Norman R. Petersen
Download or read book The Gospel of John and the Sociology of Light written by Norman R. Petersen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-12-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative study of the language of the Fourth Gospel pursues the complicated but intriguing thesis that the Gospel's language is a blend of everyday, ordinary language and a special language suitable to the Johannine community. This special language transforms the ordinary language in a way that makes it into an anti-language. The oppositional character of the language, then, fuctioned socially to distinguish the Johannine believers from their opponents. By addressing the perplexing issue of the language of the Fouth Gospel in a way that has not yet been done, Professor Petersen has made his work essential for specialists in New Testament and especially in Johannine studies. The work deals with the literary, historical, and sociological features of the Fourth Gospel. Its use of diverse methodologies is one of the book's extraordinary values, reflecting the current need for interdisciplinary efforts in Johannine studies.
Download or read book Irony in the Bible written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is generally agreed that there is significant irony in the Bible. However, to date no work has been published in biblical scholarship that on the one hand includes interpretations of both Hebrew Bible and New Testament writings under the perspective of irony, and on the other hand offers a panorama of the approaches to the different types and functions of irony in biblical texts. The following volume: (1) reevaluates scholarly definitions of irony and the use of the term in biblical research; (2) builds on existing methods of interpretation of ironic texts; (3) offers judicious analyses of methodological approaches to irony in the Bible; and (4) develops fresh insights into biblical passages.
Book Synopsis John for Today by : Neil G. Richardson
Download or read book John for Today written by Neil G. Richardson and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John For Today, like the author's earlier best-selling book Paul for Today, combines fresh accessible scholarship with an exploration of the gospel's significance for the contemporary Church and wider world. The Gospel's historical origins, distinctive features and literary patterns are all helpfully illuminated, including John's similarities with and differences from the other Gospels and the much-debated question of the Gospel's real author. Recent criticisms of the Gospel, such as its exclusiveness, alleged anti-semitism and predominantly male characters and language are also examined, together with its relevance for a turbulent world in which religion has become a deeply ambivalent phenomenon. The book seeks to be faithful to the gospel of John in the central position it accords to Jesus, whilst also relating this controversial gospel to the Christian orthodoxy of later centuries.It is a book written for the non-specialist reader, and 'for such a time as this'.
Book Synopsis Irony in Mark's Gospel by : Jerry Camery-Hoggatt
Download or read book Irony in Mark's Gospel written by Jerry Camery-Hoggatt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important contribution to our understanding of Marcan irony, and combines a literary-critical approach with insights gained from the sociology of knowledge.
Book Synopsis The Problem of the Fourth Gospel by : H. Latimer Jackson
Download or read book The Problem of the Fourth Gospel written by H. Latimer Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text provides a detailed overview of the Fourth Gospel and criticism in relation to it.
Book Synopsis Archetypes and the Fourth Gospel by : Brian Larsen (Associate Professor of English)
Download or read book Archetypes and the Fourth Gospel written by Brian Larsen (Associate Professor of English) and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the interaction of literature and theology by means of archetypal criticism with specific reference to certain characters in the Fourth Gospel. Northrop Frye's system of archetypal literary criticism (Anatomy of Criticism, 1957) consisting of the four mythoi or archetypes of romance, tragedy, irony and satire, and comedy offers a compelling summary of literature and forms the governing framework and means of exchange between literature and theology. This synchronic interaction is centered on Jesus, an innocent man acting on behalf of others, as romance; Pilate, unable or unwilling to act justly in an unwanted and unavoidable particular circumstance, as tragedy: Thomas and the Jews, variations on the theme of seeing and not seeing as irony; and Peter, who denies Christ and later recovers, as comedy. These characters function as points of exchange, each reaching their defining literary and theological climax during the crucifixion events. Within the Fourth Gospel's narrative, these characters also serve as imaginative points of contact and identification for the reader at which the reader's own faith response may be placed within the literary and theological milieu of the Fourth Gospel. Conceptually, Jesus and romance; Pilate and tragedy; Thomas, the Jews, and irony; and Peter and comedy may be characterized by representation, reduction, negation, and integration, respectively. The variable between these four mythoi and between these characters is the relationship between a belief or an ideal and experience or reality assumed by the work as a whole and/or assumed and displayed by each character."--Bloosbury Publishing.
Book Synopsis The Jesus I Never Knew by : Philip Yancey
Download or read book The Jesus I Never Knew written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the Jesus we think we know so well? Join bestselling author Philip Yancey as he conducts an enlightening biblical and historical investigation into the real Jesus. From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, Philip Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as answers--a disturbing and exhilarating Jesus who wants to radically transform your life and stretch your faith. In The Jesus I Never Knew, Yancey: Cuts through existing views and preconceptions of Jesus, citing experts from church history, modern history, and popular culture Discusses how different people and cultures view Jesus Dissects popular quotes about Jesus Points us back to the Bible The Jesus I Never Knew will engage your heart, mind, emotions, and senses, preparing you for a new, life-changing encounter with the real Jesus described in the Gospels. Praise for The Jesus I Never Knew: "This is the best book about Jesus I have ever read, probably the best book about Jesus in the whole century. Yancey gently took away my blinders and blazed the trail through my own doubting fears, pious know-it-all, and critical balderdash until I saw the Savior anew and thought I heard him ask me, 'Now whom do you say that I am?' and I understood the question as I never had before." --Lewis B. Smedes, Senior Professor, Fuller Seminary "Philip Yancey takes the reader with him on his very personal journey to Jesus. In The Jesus I Never Knew, I became convinced that the Jesus I met--in some ways for the first time--has known me all along. This book is destined to become a favorite--to recommend to those still seeking Jesus and to pass along to those who've met him, but long to know him more." --Elisa Morgan, President Emerita, MOPS International
Book Synopsis Reading John by : Christopher W. Skinner
Download or read book Reading John written by Christopher W. Skinner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gospel of John is often found at the center of discussions about the Bible and its relation to Christian theology. It is difficult to quantify the impact John's Gospel has had on both the historical development of Christian doctrine and the various expressions of Christian devotion. All too often, however, readers have failed to understand the Gospel as an autonomous text with its own unique story to tell. More often than not, the Gospel of John is swept into a reading approach that either conflates or attempts to harmonize with other accounts of Jesus' life. This book emphasizes the uniqueness of John's story of Jesus and attempts to provide readers with a road map for appreciating the historical context and literary features of the text. The aim of this book is to help others become better, more perceptive readers of the Gospel of John, with an ability to trace the rhetoric of the narrative from beginning to end.
Book Synopsis The Fourth Gospel and Its Predecessors by : Robert Tomson Fortna
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.
