Edwards John Through the Centuries
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4319-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4319-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This pioneering commentary embraces the full scope and themesraised in John's Gospel, offering an engaging and perceptivereading. Mark Edwards explores a diverse range of excerpts andcreative responses, with particular emphasis on the treatment ofthe Gospel in English poetry.
* * Explores the diverse themes and issues raised in John'sGospel, and considers its influence on figures from SaintAugustine, to Dorothy Sayers and Bob Dylan.
* Treats well-known interpreters such as Thomas Aquinas alongwith lesser-known figures such as the Gnostic Heracleon, and thesixth-century hymn-writer, Romanos.
* Brings ancient and modern commentators into dialogue with eachother, and takes a critical stance towards some parallels drawn bymodern scholars between the Gospel and the surrounding paganculture.
* Features excerpts from a wide variety of poets who give acreative interpretation of John's Gospel, and considers manyartistic representations.
* Suggests that imaginative response can illuminate a reading ofthe Bible where purely critical and historical analysis has provedunsatisfactory.
* An accessible introduction and extensive section notes addressinterpretations of the Gospel from antiquity to the present.
* Published as part of the ground-breaking Blackwell BibleCommentaries series.
More information about this series is available from theBlackwell Bible Commentaries website athttp://www.bbibcomm.net/
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction: the Gospel and its Interpreters.
Christ the Word: John 1.1-18.
The Baptist's Testimony: John 1.19-51.
Symbols of Purity: Chapter 2.
The New Birth: John 2.23-4.2.
The Samaritan: Chapter 4.
Two Healings and their Aftermath: 4.46-5.47.
Bread from Heaven: Chapter 6.
Ministry in Jerusalem: Chapters 7 and 8.
Parables of the Messiah: Chapters 9 and 10.
The Raising of Lazarus: Chapter 11.
Preparing for Death: Chapters 12 and 13.
Christ and Spirit: Chapter 14.
Valedictory: Chapters 15-17.
Arrest and Trial: Chapter 18.
The Crucifixion: Chapter 19.
The Resurrection: Chapter 20.
The Final Commission: Chapter 21.
Bibliography.
Index