The scriptural tale in the Fourth Gospel: with particular reference to the prologue and a syncretic (oral and written) poetics
Preliminary Material -- 1 Another Story in John’s Story of Jesus? Intimations of a Scriptural Tale -- 2 A Story Heard? Sources of Narrative Knowledge in the Johannine Community -- 3 A Story Detectable? Methodological Considerations -- 4 A Proposed Immanent Context for Hearing the Prologue -- 5 An Ar...
| Published in: | Biblical interpretation series |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2017]
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Biblical interpretation series (147)
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| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
147 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Intertextuality
/ John
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. John
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Thesis |
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| Summary: | Preliminary Material -- 1 Another Story in John’s Story of Jesus? Intimations of a Scriptural Tale -- 2 A Story Heard? Sources of Narrative Knowledge in the Johannine Community -- 3 A Story Detectable? Methodological Considerations -- 4 A Proposed Immanent Context for Hearing the Prologue -- 5 An Argument for the Story-Patterning of the Prologue -- 6 An Argument for the Number-Patterning of the Fourth Gospel -- 7 An Argument for the Story-Patterning of the Fourth Gospel -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. A more nuanced view of the Fourth Gospel’s media nature suggests a new and promising paradigm for assessing expansive and embedded uses of scripture in this work. The majority of studies exploring the Fourth Evangelist’s use of scripture to date have approached the Fourth Gospel as the product of a highly gifted writer, who carefully interweaves various elements and figures from scripture into the canvas of his completed document. The present study attempts to calibrate a literary approach to the Fourth Gospel’s use of scripture with an appreciation for oral poetic influences, whereby an orally-situated composer’s use of traditional references and compositional strategy could be of one and the same piece. Most importantly, pre-formed story-patterns—thick with referential meaning—were used in the construction of new works. The present study makes the case that the Fourth Evangelist has patterned his story of Jesus after a retelling of the story of Adam andamp; Israel in two interrelated ways: first in the prologue, and then in the body of the Gospel as a whole |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004326553 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004326552 |