Ethics in the Gospel of John: discipleship as moral progress
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part 1. Moral Transformation in Worldview -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Overview of Recent Scholarship on John's Ethics -- 1.1. The Role of the Law in John's Ethics -- 1.2. Exploring Possible Conceptual or Historical Back...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2018
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Biblical interpretation series (168)
Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Shin, Sookgoo, Ethics in the Gospel of John Discipleship as Moral Progress] (2020) (Bennema, Cornelis)
[Rezension von: Shin, Sookgoo, Ethics in the Gospel of John Discipleship as Moral Progress] (2019) (Jeong, Dong Hyeon) |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
168 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Bible.-John-Criticism, interpretation, etc B Ethics in the Bible B Disciple B Discipleship B John B Electronic books B Thesis B Morals |
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part 1. Moral Transformation in Worldview -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Overview of Recent Scholarship on John's Ethics -- 1.1. The Role of the Law in John's Ethics -- 1.2. Exploring Possible Conceptual or Historical Backgrounds for John's Ethics -- 1.3. Linguistic-Semantic Analysis of Johannine Terms or Phrases to Expose Hidden Ethical Meanings -- 1.4. A Genre-Sensitive Approach that Focuses on the Transformative Power of Rhetorical and Literary Devices of Narrative. -- 2. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Exploring Ancient Moral Landscapes -- 1. Ethics in Greco-Roman Contexts -- 1.1. Reconsidering the Boundaries of 'Ethics' -- 2. Searching for an Ethical Model -- 2.1. Plutarch -- 2.2. Compatibility between John and Plutarch -- 3. Moral Progress -- 3.1. Conversion as a Beginning of Moral Progress -- 3.2. How Moral Progress is Achieved -- 4. Moral Progress in John's Gospel -- 4.1. Discipleship as Moral Progress -- 4.2. Reading John's Gospel Ethically -- Chapter 3. Reading the Story of Nicodemus Ethically -- 1. A Brief Summary Leading up to Nicodemus -- 2. Ethical Reading of Nicodemus -- 2.1. Ethical Analysis of vv. 1-2 -- 2.2. Ethical Analysis of vv. 3-8 -- 2.3. Ethical Analysis of vv. 9-15 -- 2.4. Ethical Analysis of vv. 16-21 -- 3. Reappearances of Nicodemus -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Reading the Story of the Samaritan Woman Ethically -- 1. Ethical Reading of the Samaritan Woman -- 1.1. Ethical Analysis of vv. 1-4 -- 1.2. Ethical Analysis of vv. 5-15 -- 1.3. Ethical Analysis of vv. 16-30 -- 1.4. Ethical Analysis of vv. 31-42 -- 2. Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Reading the Story of the Man Born Blind Ethically -- 1. A Brief Overview of Chapters 5-8 -- 2. Ethical Reading of the Man Born Blind -- 2.1. Ethical Analysis of vv. 1-7 2.2. Ethical Analysis of vv. 8-23 -- 2.3. Ethical Analysis of vv. 24-34 -- 2.4. Ethical Analysis of vv. 35-41 -- 3. Conclusion -- Summary of Part 1 -- Part 2. Moral Transformation in Behaviour -- Chapter 6. Embodying Christlikeness -- 1. Imitation of Jesus -- 1.1. Ancient Understanding of Imitation -- 1.1.1. The Footwashing as a Hermeneutical Entry into Imitation -- 1.1.2. Harmonization of the Two Different Interpretations -- 1.1.3. The Nature and Scope of Imitation -- 1.1.4. The Use of καθὼς as an Identifier of Jesus's Imitable Traits -- 2. Imitable Traits of Jesus -- 2.1. Love -- 2.1.1. Love in the Book of Signs -- 2.1.2. ἐντολή: Voluntary or Compulsory Love? -- 2.1.3. The Love Command I -- 2.1.4. The Love Command II -- 2.1.5. The Scope of Love -- 2.1.6. Conclusion -- 2.2. Unity -- 2.2.1. The Language of Oneness in the Book of Signs -- 2.2.2. Unity in the Prayer of Jesus (17:11, 20-23) -- 2.2.3. The Basis of Unity -- 2.2.4. External Characteristics of Unity -- 2.2.5. Conclusion -- 2.3. Mission -- 2.3.1. Attitudes towards the World -- 2.3.2. Does John's Gospel Promote Universal Mission? -- 2.3.3. Conclusion -- 2.4. Ἐκ-Status -- 2.4.1. Jesus's Identity and His Behaviour in the Book of Signs -- 2.4.2. Individuals' Identity and Their Behaviour in the Book of Signs -- 2.4.3. Identity and Behaviour in the Book of Glory -- 2.4.4. Jesus's Kingdom and Its Ethical Implications -- 2.4.5. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Old Testament -- Deuterocanonical Books -- Pseudepigrapha -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Ancient Jewish Writers -- New Testament -- Rabbinic Works -- Greco-Roman Literature -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects |
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| ISBN: | 9004387439 |