Family of the King

Dynamics of Metaphor in the Gospel According to John
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-11660-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 47, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1007 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Nearly all metaphors in the Gospel according to John relate to ancient family imagery. Thus, the disciples are born of the Father; the Father provides them with bread and drink (water); He educates them and protects them and a dwelling is prepared for them, and so on. This family imagery, which is interwoven throughout the Gospel in a complex network, provides a key to the understanding of the message of the Fourth Gospel.
In this volume, after exploring numerous state-of-the-art theories on metaphor, a customised metaphor theory is developed from the Fourth Gospel itself, which can be applied to the analysis of the Gospel as a whole. The theory is based on two of the best-known metaphors in the Fourth Gospel: I am the Good Shepherd, and I am the True Vine. Subsequently, all other metaphors are analysed according to this theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watt, Jan G van der

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Über Autor(innen)

Jan G. van der Watt, D.D. (1986), D.Litt. (1999), is Head of the Department of New Testament, at the University of Pretoria. Currently, he is co-chairperson of the Johannine Seminar of the SNTS. He has published extensively in the field of New Testament studies, authoring 18 books, including a translation of the New Testament into Afrikaans.