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Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel

A Study in Literary Design
  • ISBN-13: 9780800620684
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By R. Alan Culpepper
  • Price: AUD $62.99
  • Stock: 1 in stock
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  • Local release date: 02/03/1987
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 256 pages Weight: 440g
  • Categories: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]
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This book is an attempt to make some initial tracing of what the gospel looks like through the lens of "secular" literary criticism. As an interdisciplinary study, the work is an effort to contribute to that dialogue by studying the narrative elements of the Fourth Gospel while interacting occasionally with current Johannine research. It is intended not as a challenge to historical criticism or the results of previous research but as an alternative by means of which new data may be collected and readers may be helped to read the gospel more perceptively by looking at certain features of the gospel. This process is to be distinguished from reading the gospel looking for particular kinds of historical evidence. Our aim is to contribute to understanding the gospel as a narrative text, what it is, and how it works. The emphasis will be upon the construction of hypotheses or critique of methods. The gospel as it stands rather than its sources, historical background, or themes is the subject of this study.
R. Alan Culpepper is Professor of Religion at McAfee School of Theology, Atlanta, and one of the leaders in Gospel of John research.
Foreword Preface Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction Narrator and Point of View Definitions Expositional Mode Point of View Relationships within the Text Narrative Time Order Duration Frequency Plot What is Plot? Does a Gospel Have a Plot? What is John's Plot? Plot Development in John Conclusion Characters Characterization in Contemporary Criticism Characterization in the Gospel of John Jesus and the Father The Disciples The Jews The Minor Characters Conclusion Implicit Commentary Misunderstanding Irony Symbolism Conclusion The Implied Reader Readers and Narratees John's Readers Synthesis of the Portrait Conclusion Bibliography Index of Authors Index of Primary Texts Index of Subjects
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