New readings in John : literary and theological perspectives ; essays from the Scandinavian Conference on the Fourth Gospel in Aarhus 1997 / edited by Johannes Nissen and Sigfred Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Nissen, Johannes.

Pedersen, Sigfred, 1932-

Conference Name:

Scandinavian Conference on the Fourth Gospel (1997 : Århus, Denmark)

Series:

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 182.

Journal for the study of the New Testament supplement series ; 182

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. John.

Congresses and conventions.

Physical Description:

269 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic, 1999.

Summary:

This collection by Scandinavian scholars offers new studies on classical and modern problems in relation to the Fourth Gospel. There are essays on John and the Synoptics, and on John and the Qumran Scrolls. Other essays present new literary approaches such as the question of the 'implied reader', biblical imagery, and irony and sectarianism. Central theological issues are discussed, including the problem of anti-Judaism, the interpretation of the death of Jesus, the concept of mission, the relation between community and ethics, and the understanding of God in the Johannine writings.

Contents:

Johannine research / Helge Kjaer Nielsen

The Gospel of John as literature : literary readings of the Fourth Gospel / Geert Hallbäck

The implied reader in John's Gospel / René Kieffer

Old Testament imagery in John / Kirsten Nielsen

Irony and sectarianism in the Gospel of John / Trond Skard Dokka

Johannine anomalies and the Synoptics / Ismo Dunderberg

The Qumran scrolls and John's Gospel / Aage Pilgaard

Deus semper maior? on God in the Johannine writings / Birger Olsson

Anti-Judaism in John's Gospel : John 8 / Sigfred Pedersen

Community and ethics in the Gospel of John / Johannes Nissen

Mission in the Fourth Gospel : historical and hermeneutical perspectives / Johannes Nissen

John's understanding of the death of Jesus / Helge Kjaer Nielsen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

185075974X

OCLC:

40684030