The Branches of the Gospel of John: The Reception of the Fourth Gospel in the Early Church. By Kyle Keefer
The three branches of the title are those represented by Heracleon, Irenaeus, and Origen. The first is arcane, tendentious, sometimes ‘playful’, the second argues this anomalous text into harmony with three of its rivals to create an orthodox canon for the episcopal church, the third domesticates al...
| Published in: | The journal of theological studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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The journal of theological studies
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| Review of: | The branches of the Gospel of John (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark, 2006) (Edwards, Mark)
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| Summary: | The three branches of the title are those represented by Heracleon, Irenaeus, and Origen. The first is arcane, tendentious, sometimes ‘playful’, the second argues this anomalous text into harmony with three of its rivals to create an orthodox canon for the episcopal church, the third domesticates allegory to give strength and amplitude to this catholic reading. In a prefatory chapter Keefer takes up the thesis of Hans Robert Jauss, that reception theory is an indispensable part of hermeneutics, finding an ally in Gerhard Ebeling's contention that, since Christ exists for us only in exposition, the truly historical reading of a gospel resides in its homiletic and pastoral application. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm162 |