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Author : Jeffrey L. Staley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Stumbling in the Dark, Reaching for the Light written by Jeffrey L. Staley and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James L. Resseguie
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004494766
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Strange Gospel written by James L. Resseguie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this literary analysis of the Gospel of John, Resseguie examines rhetoric, setting, character, and plot to uncover the Gospel’s unique point of view. He shows the usefulness of the concepts of defamiliarization and point of view for understanding how the narrator makes the familiar seem strange. A material, familiar point of view that is voiced by the dominant culture is compared with a defamiliarized, strange point of view that is expressed by Jesus and the disenfranchised. Through close readings of narrative texts, the author develops and elaborates the theological perspective of John, which emerges in the clash of differing points of view. The introduction defines “objective” and “subjective” point of view, and shows the value of the works of Boris Uspensky and Susan Sniader Lanser for understanding the Gospel of John. In chapter one, irony, misunderstandings, and double entendres are shown to be important rhetorical tools in the Gospel’s attempt to make the familiar seem strange. Chapter two discusses point of view as it is expressed in architectural settings (sheepfold, garden, courtyard, praetorium, well, temple, and tomb) and in topographical settings (sea, mountain). Chapter three highlights the distinct points of view of Jesus, Nicodemus, religious authorities, the world, the royal official, the man at the pool, the man born blind, Mary Magdalene, Simon Peter, the beloved disciple, and Judas. Chapter four discusses the point of view that emerges from an analysis of the plot. The final chapter is a summary of the narrative’s singular point of view. This work is a suitable introduction to a literary analysis of the Gospel of John. It makes an important contribution to narrative criticism on the Fourth Gospel in particular, and to our understanding of defamiliarization and point of view in general. The book confronts head-on habitualized and familiar ways of thinking in the ancient world and today.
Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111850318X
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)
Download or read book The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis written by Alister E. McGrath and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis’ death, The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis’ theological work and intellectual development. Brings together a collection of original essays exploring important themes within Lewis’ work, offering new connections and insights into his theology Throws new light on subjects including Lewis’ intellectual development, the uses of images in literature and theology, the place of myth in modern thought, the role of the imagination in making sense of the world, the celebrated 'argument from desire', and Lewis’ place as an Anglican thinker and a Christian theologian Written by Alister McGrath, one of the world’s leading Christian thinkers and authors; this exceptional pairing of McGrath and Lewis brings together the work of two outstanding theologians in one volume
Author : William M. Wright
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110221640
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Rhetoric and Theology written by William M. Wright and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph on John 9 makes extensive use of premodern Christian exegesis as a resource for New Testament studies. The study reframes the existing critique of the two-level reading of John 9 as allegory in terms of premodern exegetical practices. It offers a hermeneutical critique of the two-level reading strategy as a kind of figural exegesis, rather than historical reconstruction, through an extensive comparison with Augustine’s interpretation of John 9. A review of several premodern Christian readings of John 9 suggests an alternative way of understanding this account in terms of Greco-Roman rhetoric. John 9 resembles the rhetorical argumentation associated with chreia elaboration and the complete argument to display Jesus’ identity as the Light of the World. This analysis illustrates the inseparability of form and content, rhetoric and theology, in the Fourth Gospel.
Author : Jeffrey Staley
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826414328
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Reading with a Passion written by Jeffrey Staley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this strikingly personal account of recent literary approaches to the Bible, Jeffrey Staley shows how people's life experiences relate to what they read in the Scriptures. He illustrates his argument from theories of autobiography, where recent literary and feminist critiques provide him with tools for reflecting upon his childhood on a Navajo reservation and his family's five generations of contact with the Navajo people in northern Arizona and New Mexico.Using Tony Hillerman's popular detective novels as a lens to refract his own childhood memories, Staley investigates how his cross-cultural childhood and family history have contributed to his understanding of the Fourth Gospel.By combining such diverse materials as popular fiction, medieval passion plays, cultural anthropology, rhetorical studies, and autobiographical reflection, Staley takes his readers on a fascinating spiritual and intellectual journey through the Gospel of John.
Author : Margaret Beirne
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567042502
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Women and Men in the Fourth Gospel written by Margaret Beirne and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-12-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: e fourth gospel presents the reader with an early christian text in which women and men are treated as "a discipleship of equals" as this term is broadly understood in the work of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza but qualified with respect to her discussion of the meaning of 'equality' when applied to gender. Specifically, the gospel contains six examples of "gender pairs" of characters (a widely-accepted lukan feature). The members of each pair are portrayed in a parallel or contrasting faith encounter with the Johannine Jesus which is of substantial theological importance to the gospel's stated purpose (John 20:31). The six pairs are the mother of Jesus (2:1-11) and the royal official (4:46-54); nicodemus (3:1-12) and the samaritan woman (4:4-42); the man born blind (9:1-41) and Martha (11:1-54); Mary of Bethany and Judas (12:1-8); the mother of Jesus and the beloved disciple (19:25-27); Mary Magdalene (20:11-18) and Thomas (20:24-29).
Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441237054
Total Pages : 2638 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Gospel of John : 2 Volumes written by Craig S. Keener and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 2638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keener's commentary explores the Jewish and Greco-Roman settings of John more deeply than previous works, paying special attention to social-historical and rhetorical features of the Gospel. It cites about 4,000 different secondary sources and uses over 20,000 references from ancient literature.
Author : Robert Kysar
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451417371
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Preaching John written by Robert Kysar and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this helpful guide, preachers can find new and powerful resources for preaching in Johannine language and thought, as well as its use of narrative and discourse. It combines the practical with proposals for understanding the Gospel and 1 John.
Author : Daniel DeForest London
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1978702418
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)
Download or read book Theodicy and Spirituality in the Fourth Gospel written by Daniel DeForest London and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel DeForest London argues that the Fourth Gospel offers a potentially transformative response to the question of suffering and the human compulsion to blame. Based on his reading of John 9 (the man born blind), London argues that the Gospel does not offer a theodicy, but rather a theodical spirituality, an experience of praying the question of suffering and remaining open to a divine response. London shows how the Johannine Jesus’s response poses three sets of symbols in dichotomy (day/night, vision/blindness, sheep/wolf), each subverted by another, core symbol (light, judge, shepherd). By interpreting these symbols in light of mimetic theory, he argues that Jesus’s response reveals the scapegoat mechanism in which an innocent victim is blamed by violent victimizers. However, rather than blaming the victimizers, Jesus continues to engage with the characters who appear to be villains: the light of the world transforms night and day into one continuous day; the Good Shepherd welcomes sheep and wolf into his beloved flock. In this way, readers are invited to bring to the Johannine Jesus their own violence, resentment, and wolfish rage regarding the question of suffering and to experience the theodical spirituality of the Fourth Gospel.
Author : Francis J. Moloney
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1592447937
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (924 download)
Download or read book Signs and Shadows written by Francis J. Moloney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-08-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moloney offers a close reading of the crucial middle section of the Gospel of John, taking the reader on a journey as Jesus' ministry unfolds. Among events dealt with are Jesus' walk on the Sea of Galilee, the description of the Good Shepherd, and the resurrection of Lazarus. The present volume represents the continuation of Moloney's ongoing narrative commentary on the Gospel, a sequel to his earlier 'Belief in the Word', which focused on chapters 1-4.
Author : Wendy Blight
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1575673185
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (756 download)
Download or read book Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner written by Wendy Blight and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One week after Wendy Blight’s college graduation, she walked into her apartment to find a masked man holding a knife and waiting for her at the top of the stairs. The man spent an hour physically and sexually assaulting Wendy, leaving her changed forever. After this terrifying experience, she lived for years cocooned in a prison of fear, despair, and hopelessness. Finally, after years of searching and believing she had nowhere else to turn, she fell on her knees before God and poured out her tears, anger, and questions to Him. Wendy’s story is one of transformation from trauma to rebirth through the power of the Word of God. Through Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, the reader will experience hope and the encouragement necessary to press forward to healing and restoration.
Author : Kelley Armstrong
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250092205
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book A Darkness Absolute written by Kelley Armstrong and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives. She knew living in Rockton meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council’s approval. What she didn’t expect is that Rockton comes with its own set of secrets and dangers. Now, in A Darkness Absolute, Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff’s deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who’s been held captive for over a year. When the bodies of two other women turn up, Casey and her colleagues must find out if it’s an outsider behind the killings or if the answer is more complicated than that...before another victim goes missing. Casey Duncan returns in another heart-racing thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.
Author : Watson E. Mills
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780773423473
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (234 download)
Download or read book The Gospel of Matthew written by Watson E. Mills and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hunt, et al
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802873928
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel written by Hunt, et al and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using 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.
Author : S.J. Saunders
Publisher : Riverbank Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Seasons of Light: Atalan Legends written by S.J. Saunders and published by Riverbank Publishing. This book was released on with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting all five Seasons of Light novelettes, Atalan Legends gives fans the chance to explore the Seasons of Light world through the pasts of secondary characters introduced in the main trilogy.
Author : Francisco Lozada
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Literary Reading of John 5 written by Francisco Lozada and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Literary Reading of John 5 is a distinctive and critical study of John 5 from a literary and ideological perspective. This scholarly monograph employs a text-as-construction reading strategy that examines both the role of the implied reader within the narrative context of John 5 and the impact of John 5 on the implied reader. It argues that John 5 can be read as a reconstructed coherent and meaningful text centered on the conflict of belief and unbelief, which through the device of a failed anagnorisis can lead to an ideology of superiority for the implied reader.
Author : Elizabeth Cole
Publisher : SkySpark Books
ISBN 13 : 1942316372
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (423 download)
Download or read book Reach For Me written by Elizabeth Cole and published by SkySpark Books. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play with fire and you will get burned Malachy Salem is a fighter. He lets his brothers handle the spells and the sorcery—he just wants to rumble. He’s trained in mixed marital arts. He kills vampires, demons, and other nasties. Then he picks up a blonde for a one night stand, and gets gone before morning. Mal’s life is great…until the new, curvy, redheaded neighbor Cara shows up. She’s so not his type, but he can’t look away. Cara Michaels is not looking for romance. She just wants to finish the job she’s on, which is to restore a historic Victorian home to its former glory. Her dedication and talent means she knows how to handle a hammer, a wrench, or a chainsaw. Handling a ghost is something else. When the house Cara is working on erupts with paranormal activity, she finds out that Mal is not just a random, hot as hell neighbor. He and his brothers have been watching the house because there’s something very evil inside it. And it seems to want something from Cara. Mal’s finally got someone to fight for…if he can take the heat. The second novel in The Brothers Salem, a new contemporary paranormal romance series where a trio of demon hunters--armed with spells and snark--are on a mission to slay some demons, break some curses, and get their girls. Unless the girls get them first.
