How John Works

Author : Douglas Estes,Ruth Sheridan
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884141471

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How John Works by Douglas Estes,Ruth Sheridan Pdf

Essential 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

Author : John Mullan
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191622922

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How Novels Work by John Mullan Pdf

Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm favourites with reading groups. He reveals the rich resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Nick Hornby's adoption of a female narrator is compared to Daniel Defoe's; Ian McEwan's use of weather is set against Austen's and Hardy's; Carole Shield's chapter divisions are likened to Fanny Burney's. Each section shows how some basic element of fiction is used. Some topics (like plot, dialogue, or location) will appear familiar to most novel readers; others (metanarrative, prolepsis, amplification) will open readers' eyes to new ways of understanding and appreciating the writer's craft. How Novels Work explains how the pleasures of novel reading often come from the formal ingenuity of the novelist. It is an entertaining and stimulating exploration of that ingenuity. Addressed to anyone who is interested in the close reading of fiction, it makes visible techniques and effects we are often only half-aware of as we read. It shows that literary criticism is something that all fiction enthusiasts can do. Contemporary novels discussed include: Monica Ali's Brick Lane; Martin Amis's Money; Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; A.S. Byatt's Possession; Jonathan Coe's The Rotters' Club; J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace; Michael Cunningham's The Hours; Don DeLillo's Underworld; Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White; Ian Fleming's From Russia with Love; Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections; Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; Patricia Highsmith's Ripley under Ground; Alan Hollinghurst's The Spell; Nick Hornby's How to Be Good; Ian McEwan's Atonement; John le Carré's The Constant Gardener; Andrea Levy's Small Island; David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas; Andrew O'Hagan's Personality; Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red; Ann Patchett's Bel Canto; Ruth Rendell's Adam and Eve and Pinch Me; Philip Roth's The Human Stain; Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated; Carol Shields's Unless; Zadie Smith's White Teeth; Muriel Spark's Aiding and Abetting; Graham Swift's Last Orders; Donna Tartt's The Secret History; William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors; and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road .

Author : John Wesley
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 1868 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781607424512

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The Essential Works of John Wesley by John Wesley Pdf

Want to know how to live the Christian life? Learn from one of the foremost authorities, John Wesley, in this single-volume library of journal selections, sermons, and other addresses, essays, and letters. Two and a half centuries ago, the great Methodist distinguished himself as one of the world’s greatest authorities on the committed Christian life. Now, his most powerful writings have been compiled under one cover, perfect for personal study, pastoral research, or Christian school use. Including sermons on conversion, growth in grace, and practical holiness; essays on theological questions; personal letters; even hymns written and translated by Wesley, this all-in-one resource has been lightly updated for ease of reading, featuring scripture from the New King James Version.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

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Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Theology
ISBN : UCBK:C020228183

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The Works of Aurelius Augustine: Letters. v. 1. Translated by J.G. Cunningham. 1872 by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

Author : Douglas Charles Estes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004240292

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The Questions of Jesus in John by Douglas Charles Estes Pdf

Why do the New Testament gospels depict a Jesus who asks questions almost as often as he gives answers? In The Questions of Jesus in John Douglas Estes crafts a highly interdisciplinary theory of question-asking based on insights from ancient rhetoric and modern erotetics (the study of interrogatives) in order to investigate the logical and rhetorical purposes of Jesus' questions in the Gospel of John. While scholarly discussion about Jesus cares more for what he says, and not what he asks, Estes argues a better understanding of the rhetorical and dialectical roles of questions in ancient narratives sheds a more accurate light on both John’s narrative art and Jesus' message in the Fourth Gospel.

Author : John Sutherland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199794263

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How Literature Works by John Sutherland Pdf

How Literature Works is an indispensable book for any reader seeking a greater appreciation of their favorite novel, poem, or play. It offers a lively and straightforward guide to literary thinking. With a series of compact essays, the renowned literary critic John Sutherland--widely admired for his wit and clear reasoning--strips away the obscurity and pretension of literary study. His book offers concise definitions and clear examples of the fifty concepts that all book lovers should know. It includes basic descriptive terms (ambiguity, epic), the core vocabulary of literary culture (genre, style), and devices employed by authors (irony, defamiliarization). More broadly, How Literature Works explores the animating concepts behind literary theory (textuality, sexual politics), traces the forces that impact literature's role in the real world (obscenity, plagiarism), and grapples with the future of reading (fanfic, e-book). For any reader who wants to get the most out of the literature they read, Sutherland's short sharp book will both inform and delight.

Author : Kevin P. Emmert
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647558660

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John Calvin and the Righteousness of Works by Kevin P. Emmert Pdf

John Calvin's understanding of works-righteousness is more complex than is often recognized. While he denounces it in some instances, he affirms it in others. This study shows that Calvin affirms works-righteousness within the context where faith-righteousness is already established, and that he even teaches a form of justification by works. Calvin ascribes not only a positive role to good works in relation to divine acceptance, but also soteriological value to believers' good works. This study demonstrates such by exploring Calvin's theological anthropology, his understanding of divine-human activity, his teaching on the nature of good works, and his understanding of divine grace and benevolence. It also addresses current debates in Calvin scholarship by exploring topics such as union with Christ, the relation between justification and sanctification, the relation between good works and divine acceptance, the role of good works in the Christian life, and the content of good works.

Author : John Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Puritans
ISBN : COLUMBIA:50206892

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The Works of John Owen, D.D. by John Owen Pdf

Author : John Howe,Edmund Calamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Puritans
ISBN : MSU:31293107441549

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The Works of the Rev. John Howe ... by John Howe,Edmund Calamy Pdf

Author : John Wesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Methodist Church
ISBN : UVA:X000896175

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The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M. by John Wesley Pdf

Author : John Witherspoon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Presbyterian Church
ISBN : PRNC:32101067016673

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The Works of John Witherspoon by John Witherspoon Pdf

Author : John JEWEL (Bishop of Salisbury.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0025631431

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The Works of John Jewel ... Edited by R. W. Jelf by John JEWEL (Bishop of Salisbury.) Pdf

Author : John Benjamin Wesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Methodism
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000350112

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The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M.: Appeals by John Benjamin Wesley Pdf

Author : John Newton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1810
Category : Theology
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4ECQ

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The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...: Sermons by John Newton Pdf