Ethics in the Gospel of John: discipleship as moral progress
"In Ethics in the Gospel of John Sookgoo Shin seeks to challenge the dominant scholarly view of John's ethics as an ineffective and unhelpful companion for moral formation. In order to demonstrate the relevance of John's ethics, Shin argues that the development of discipleship in John...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2019]
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Biblical interpretation series (volume 168)
Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Shin, Sookgoo, Ethics in the Gospel of John Discipleship as Moral Progress] (2019) (Jeong, Dong Hyeon)
[Rezension von: Shin, Sookgoo, Ethics in the Gospel of John Discipleship as Moral Progress] (2020) (Bennema, Cornelis) |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
volume 168 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John
/ Ethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Ethics in the Bible B Disciple B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible B Discipleship B John B Thesis B Morals |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic |
| Summary: | "In Ethics in the Gospel of John Sookgoo Shin seeks to challenge the dominant scholarly view of John's ethics as an ineffective and unhelpful companion for moral formation. In order to demonstrate the relevance of John's ethics, Shin argues that the development of discipleship in John's Gospel should be understood as moral progress, which was a well-known moral concept in the ancient Mediterranean world. Having drawn an ethical model from the writings of Plutarch, this study aims to identify the undergirding ethical dynamic that shapes John's moral structure by bringing out the implicit ethical elements that are embedded throughout John's narratives, and thus suggests a way to read the whole Gospel ethically and appreciatively of its literary characteristics"-- |
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| Item Description: | "This book is a revised version of my PhD dissertation submitted to the University of Cambridge in the spring of 2017"-- Author's acknowledgements Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004387412 |