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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 : 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 : Nicolas Farelly
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161505836
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (58 download)
Download or read book The Disciples in the Fourth Gospel written by Nicolas Farelly and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2010 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Gloucestershire, 2009.
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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780819225184
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Preaching Through the Year of Luke written by and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring examples of preaching excellence based on the year C Episcopal lectionary
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 : 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 : Francis J. Moloney
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814658062
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (58 download)
Download or read book The Gospel of John written by Francis J. Moloney and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Michael Glazier book." Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Author : Saeed Hamid-Khani
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725291576
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Revelation and Concealment of Christ written by Saeed Hamid-Khani and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elusive disposition of John's language has been noted by biblical scholars throughout the history of New Testament studies. The Fourth Gospel is seen as so simple to grasp and yet often pointing beyond itself and beckoning the reader to read deeper. Various socio-linguistic studies have explained this feature as the reflection of the sectarian tendencies in the Johannine Christianity. In his study Saeed Hamid-Khani questions these approaches as inadequate. In turn, he examines John's language within an exegetical and theological framework. He argues that the Sitz im Leben of Johannine language was an environment in which the Hebrew Scriptures were the dominant conceptual force for both the Jews and the Christians. In this context he argues that the essential function of John's enigmatic language is wedded to the Evangelist's purpose in writing the Gospel: namely a steadfast focus upon setting forth that Jesus is the Christ according to the witness of Israel's Scriptures. It is here in these echoes and thematic allusions to the Scriptures that we find the answer to the function and significance of John's unique language: i.e., Jesus is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world, and he is the visible image of the invisible God, the embodiment of the self-revelation of God according to the Scriptures. However, these truths are concealed from the undiscerning and are only revealed by the spirit of God to those who are born of God.
Author : Timothy Wiarda
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161474224
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Peter in the Gospels written by Timothy Wiarda and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Brunel University (London Bible College), 1999.
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 : Esther Ngan-ling Chow
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791417867
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Women, the Family, and Policy written by Esther Ngan-ling Chow and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-06-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors highlight how structural circumstances in countries with various degrees of industrialization are associated with specific policies. The analyses of womens experiences reveal the variety of ways in which private patriarchy in families combines with public patriarchy in economies and states to create a system of domination which subordinates women. The authors detail how gender is constructed under specific political, economic, and cultural circumstances, and seek to understand how state policies with differing sensitivities to womens issues have produced mixed outcomes for women and their families in the process of economic development.
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 : Larry Paul Jones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567108651
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (671 download)
Download or read book The Symbol of Water in the Gospel of John written by Larry Paul Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the meaning and function of water as a literary symbol in the Gospel of John. Jones first gives an account of symbol: it points beyond itself, it defies clear and definitive perceptual expression, and it in some way embodies that which it represents. Then he examines the narrative sections of John that involve water, plotting the expanding meaning and function of the symbol as the narrative unfolds. The study concludes that water serves primarily as a symbol of the Spirit and therein symbolizes Jesus. The symbol of water calls a wide variety of readers to a decision and functions as a bridge linking the new identity believers receive when they come to faith in Jesus with the traditions from which they came.
Author : Keith Warrington
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1619708329
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (197 download)
Download or read book The Miracles in the Gospels written by Keith Warrington and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith Warrington is Reader in Pentecostal Studies at Regents Theological College, Malvern, UK. His recent books include Discovering Jesus in the New Testament and Discovering the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. He is also co-editor of A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit. Book jacket.
