Method in Fourth Gospel Studies: A Way Out of the Impasse?

Is a rapprochement possible between text-immanent, narrative-critical approaches to texts such as the Fourth Gospel, and the more traditional historical-critical approaches that operate with a presumption of an 'ideal' original meaning which interpretation seeks to reconstruct? This essay...

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Main Author: Motyer, Steve (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1997
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1997, Volume: 19, Issue: 66, Pages: 27-44
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Summary:Is a rapprochement possible between text-immanent, narrative-critical approaches to texts such as the Fourth Gospel, and the more traditional historical-critical approaches that operate with a presumption of an 'ideal' original meaning which interpretation seeks to reconstruct? This essay proposes two arguments, from Speech-Act theory and from the notion of 'ownership', to suggest that a meeting of minds is certainly possible—but that proponents of the narrative approaches will finally have to accept that the Fourth Gospel makes an inescapable historical claim which must be acknowledged.
ISSN:1745-5294
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0142064X9701906603