Reading John through Johannine Lenses

AvStan Harstine

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Reading John through Johannine Lenses demonstrates that the model an interpreter chooses for examining the Gospel of John significantly impacts the resulting interpretation. The Fourth Evangelist uses key words in the prologue in order to guide the reader toward key moments in the gospel. Stan Harstine shows how four words— life, word, receive, and believe— converge at transition points in John 5, 12, and 17. Their close relationship is not random; rather, it guides the reader to recall what the Gospel has presented in the preceding section, providing a road map for understanding the narrative. By using interpretive models from both diachronic and synchronic methodologies, Harstine’s comparison of traditional historical methods with more recent narrative and rhetorical methods demonstrates the wide disparity of results from prior approaches, thus accentuating the importance of reading the Fourth Gospel through the lenses it provides its readers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-05
Mått:161 x 228 x 8 mm
Vikt:223 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Interpreting Johannine Literature
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781978712959

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Stan Harstine is professor of religion at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas.

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This book will serve teachers and students well as it makes sense of the often-bewildering cacophony of methodologies and interpretations of John. Harstine establishes the prologue as the introductory prism for key themes and terms in the Gospel, then surveys historical, narratological, and rhetorical approaches to the prologue and chapters 5, 12, and 17, carrying the development of John’s major themes through these chapters. The payoff is a heightened appreciation for the complexity of the Gospel and the role of the approaches (lenses) one uses in reading it, yet what emerges is the unity of the Gospel’s authorial voice.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Identifying Johannine Lenses in The PrologueChapter 2: Reading John with Two Thematic LensesChapter 3: Viewing John 5 Through Assorted Lenses Chapter 4: Viewing John 12 Through Assorted Lenses Chapter 5: Viewing John 17 Through Assorted LensesChapter 6: Closing Observations