Symbolism In The Fourth Gospel

Author : Craig R. Koester
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451405421

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Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel by Craig R. Koester Pdf

Craig Koester's respected study uses the symbolic language of the Gospel of John as a focus to explore "the Gospel's literary dimensions, social and historical context, and theological import." This edition is fully revised and updated and includes a number of new sections on such topics as Judas and the knowledge of God. Fresh treatments are given on a number of issues, including the Gospel's Christology. This new edition offers both new insights and proven worth for students and scholars alike.

Author : Dorothy A. Lee
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850754688

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The Symbolic Narratives of the Fourth Gospel by Dorothy A. Lee Pdf

The book examines six long narratives of the Fourth Gospel, arguing that they are best understood as 'symbolic narrative'. They display a unique cohesion of symbol and narrative: the narrative unfolds the symbol and the symbol draws out the narrative. This process occurs as the character struggles to understand the symbolic meaning. The structure develops in five Stages: the establishing of a 'sign', image or feast (Stage 1); misunderstood in materialistic terms (Stage 2); the struggle to understand the symbolic meaning (Stage 3); the acceptance or rejection of that meaning (Stage 4); a confession of faith or statement of rejection (Stage 5). The symbolic narratives reveal how material reality becomes symbolic of the divine. Just as the flesh of Jesus is the symbol of divine glory, so material reality now has the potential for symbolizing God. Flesh has no independent existence; its value lies in its symbolic role. This parallels the cohesion between form and meaning. Just as the flesh is given value in symbolizing the divine, so narrative form is of value in disclosing theological meaning. The implied reader is drawn into the drama of the symbolic narratives to make the authentic response of faith.

Author : Michael T. Winstanley
Publisher : Don Bosco Publications
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9780955565403

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Symbols and Spirituality by Michael T. Winstanley Pdf

Author : John Ashton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199297610

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Understanding the Fourth Gospel by John Ashton Pdf

Arguing that the thought-world of the Gospel is Jewish, not Greek, and that the text is composed over an extended period as the evangelist responded to the changing situation of the community, this book offers a partial answer to a key question: how did Christianity emerge from Judaism?

Author : Douglas Estes,Ruth Sheridan
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,7 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 : Larry Paul Jones
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850756682

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The Symbol of Water in the Gospel of John by Larry Paul Jones Pdf

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 : Jörg Frey,Jan Gabriël Van der Watt,Ruben Zimmermann,Gabriele Kern
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161491165

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Imagery in the Gospel of John by Jörg Frey,Jan Gabriël Van der Watt,Ruben Zimmermann,Gabriele Kern Pdf

Revised and enlarged papers from a conference held July 30-Aug. 1, 2005, in Eisenach, Germany, with additional contributions.

Author : James Louis Martyn
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664225346

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History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel by James Louis Martyn Pdf

This volume, a part of the New Testament Library series, surveys the scholarly work that has been done concerning the book of John. J. Louis Martyn also provides his own reading of the forth Gospel. The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text.

Author : Adesola Joan Akala
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567577108

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The Son-Father Relationship and Christological Symbolism in the Gospel of John by Adesola Joan Akala Pdf

This volume examines Johannine symbolism within the lens of Jesus' relationship with the Father. After demonstrating that the Gospel narrative symbolically portrays Jesus as the Son of God who is relationally inseparable from his Father, the study shows how the Son-Father Relationship (SFR) is at the center of the network of Christological symbols in the Gospel of John. Using an innovative narrative framework, this book unveils the creative and symbolic introduction of the SFR in the Prologue (Jn. 1. 1-18), its development through the words and actions of Jesus' teaching ministry within the Johannine narrative, and its culmination in the Prayer (Jn. 17); the SFR motif then concludes in the remainder of the Gospel. This narrative framework reveals how the SFR shapes the literary style and theological strategy of the Gospel, and acts as an integrative force by giving structure and cohesion to the Gospel's symbolic system. Two key features presented in this book are a theory of symbolism and a network of symbols. The specially formulated 'Theory of Johannine Symbolism' explains the theoretical and theological underpinnings of the Gospel's symbolic network, called 'John's Christological Symbology'. Through the symbolic network, the author of the Gospel fulfills the theological purpose stated in Jn. 20:31-that hearer-readers believe in Jesus the Christ, as the Son of God, and thereby experience eternal life.

Author : Dorothy A. Lee
Publisher : Herder & Herder
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Bibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111999806

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Flesh and Glory by Dorothy A. Lee Pdf

This beautifully written book shows that the Gospel of John is not a collection of dry fragments but a rich, unified text that continues to inspire believers.

Author : Mary L. Coloe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0814659527

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God Dwells with Us by Mary L. Coloe Pdf

In the years after the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and the ensuing rift between Judaism and Christianity, the Fourth Gospel offers hope to Christians that the God of Israel's traditions can now be found in and through Jesus. Within this historical milieu, the Temple provides a major christological symbol for the Johannine community. The Temple, as the place of God's dwelling, reveals both the identity and the mission of Jesus. Having shown how the Temple symbolism applies to Jesus, God Dwells with Us discusses how the Temple symbolism in the Fourth Gospel also applies to the Christian community. Thus in the absence of the historical Jesus, Christians still have access to a God who dwells in the midst of the community.

Author : Wayne A. Meeks
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Bible
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Prophet King by Wayne A. Meeks Pdf

Author : R. Alan Culpepper
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800620682

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Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel by R. Alan Culpepper Pdf

This book is an attempt to make some initial tracing of what the gospel looks like through the lens of secular literary criticism. As an interdisciplinary study, the work is an effort to contribute to that dialogue by studying the narrative elements of the Fourth Gospel while interacting occasionally with current Johannine research. It is intended not as a challenge to historical criticism or the results of previous research but as an alternative by means of which new data may be collected and readers may be helped to read the gospel more perceptively by looking at certain features of the gospel. This process is to be distinguished from reading the gospel looking for particular kinds of historical evidence. Our aim is to contribute to understanding the gospel as a narrative text, what it is, and how it works. The emphasis will be upon the construction of hypotheses or critique of methods. The gospel as it stands rather than its sources, historical background, or themes is the subject of this study.

Author : Riku P. Tuppurainen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725273115

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A Prologue to Studies in the Fourth Gospel by Riku P. Tuppurainen Pdf

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.

Author : Susan Hylen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110920567

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Allusion and Meaning in John 6 by Susan Hylen Pdf

Many interpreters read John 6 as a contrast between Jesus and Judaism: Jesus repudiates Moses and manna and offers himself as an alternative. In contrast, this monograph argues that John 6 places elements of the Exodus story in a positive and constructive relationship to Jesus. This reading leads to an understanding of John as an interpreter of Exodus who, like other contemporary Jewish interpreters, sees current experiences in light of the Exodus story. This approach to John offers new possibilities for assessing the gospel’s relationship to Jewish scripture, its dualism, and its metaphorical language.