John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: a prologue to theology
This study brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theological goal of understanding what is meant by Incarnation and how it relates to Pascha, the Passion of Christ, how this is conceived of as revelation, and how we speak of it.
| Summary: | This study brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theological goal of understanding what is meant by Incarnation and how it relates to Pascha, the Passion of Christ, how this is conceived of as revelation, and how we speak of it. Cover -- John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Gospel of John and Christian Theology -- METHODOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY -- 'PRE-EXISTENCE' AND 'INCARNATION' -- JOHN AND HIS READERS -- Part I: John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel -- 1: John the Evangelist -- JOHN THE ELDER, THE DISCIPLE OF THE LORD -- Papias, Irenaeus, and Eusebius -- The Occasion of the Gospel -- The Unity of the Johannine Corpus -- THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY -- The Celebration of Pascha -- John the High Priest -- 2: The Paschal Gospel -- 'APOCALYPTIC', APOCALYPSES, AND AN 'APOCALYPTIC GOSPEL' -- THE STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK OF APOCALYPTIC -- Mystery -- Two Stages -- Riddling Discourse and Messianic Secret -- Correspondence and Two-Level Drama -- THE APOCALYPTIC READING OF SCRIPTURE -- Part II: 'It Is Finished' -- 3: 'The Temple of His Body' -- JOHN 1:14 -- JOHN 1:50-1 -- JOHN 2:1-12 -- JOHN 2:13-25 -- JOHN 4:1-42 -- JOHN 5:1-18 -- JOHN 6 -- The Flesh to be Eaten -- Chewing the Flesh -- Eucharist and Martyrdom -- JOHN 7:1-10:21 -- The Feast of Tabernacles -- The Blind Man -- JOHN 10:22-42 -- JOHN 14:1-3 -- JOHN 19:17-42 -- The Crucifixion, Title, and Tunic -- The Words from the Cross -- The Deposition from the Cross -- 4: 'Behold the Human Being' -- THE LIVING HUMAN BEING: THE MARTYR -- The Apocalypse of John -- Ignatius of Antioch -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Melito of Sardis -- The Gospel of John -- THE ASCENDING AND DESCENDING SON OF MAN -- John 1:51 -- John 3:13 -- John 9 and Seeing the Voice -- 5: The Prologue as a Paschal Hymn -- JOHN 1:1 -- JOHN 1:2-5 -- JOHN 1:6-18 -- Part III: The Phenomenology of Life in Flesh -- 6: Johannine Arch-Intelligibility -- THE PATHOS OF LIFE -- INCARNATION -- JOHANNINE ARCH-INTELLIGIBILITY. |
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| ISBN: | 0192574442 |