The voices of the fourth gospel: characters in an emerging Christian community

Throughout history, the Fourth Gospel has been an enigma to its readers, and most notably in the way that it shapes its characters. Although traditional approaches to gospel characterization have often confined its characters to the pages of the text, The Voices of the Fourth Gospel presents a fresh...

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Main Author: Valdez, Erbey Galvan 1972- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lausanne Berlin Bruxelles Chennai New York Oxford Peter Lang [2024]
In: Studies in biblical literature (vol. 183)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Studies in biblical literature vol. 183
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B John / Biblical person / Character presentation / Primitive Christianity / World of experience / Socio-historical exegesis
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. John
B Christian Life
B RELIGION / Generals / Christianity
B Christianity
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Valdez, Erbey Galvan, 1972-: Voices of the fourth gospel. - New York : Peter Lang, [2024]. - 9781636674032
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Summary:Throughout history, the Fourth Gospel has been an enigma to its readers, and most notably in the way that it shapes its characters. Although traditional approaches to gospel characterization have often confined its characters to the pages of the text, The Voices of the Fourth Gospel presents a fresh, interdisciplinary approach that reveals the characterizations of the Fourth Gospel as vibrant, literary products based on eyewitness testimony to their encounters with Jesus of Nazareth. As such, the characters of the Fourth Gospel emerge as unique voices that speak to both the realities of their narrative world and to the context of the emerging Christian community in Ephesus at the end of the first century. Based on the Fourth Gospel's chronological and geographical distinctions, The Voices of the Fourth Gospel challenges its readers to hear the voices of each character from the historical memory of the Johannine church through five character case-studies: 1 the Disciple whom Jesus Loved, 2 Jesus of Nazareth, 3 John the Baptist, 4 Nicodemus, and 5 the Samaritan woman. Written for scholars, pastors, and serious students of Scripture, The Voices of the Fourth Gospel is an ideal source for readers who seek to better understand the Fourth Gospel from within its own cultural world
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1636674011