Dialogue in the Book of signs : a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 / by Johnson Thomaskutty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomaskutty, Johnson, author.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 136.

Biblical Interpretation Series, 0928-0731 ; Volume 136

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dialogue in the Bible.

Bible. John, I, 19-XII, 50--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (558 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dialogue in the Book of Signs offers a polyvalent analysis of John 1:19-12:50 at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. With the help of several synchronic methods, including genre, narrative, rhetorical, and dramatic studies, the author analyzes the content, form, and function of John’s dialogue. Thus, the divine-human dialogue, which is interwoven within the text, provides a key to the understanding of the dialogue between the narrator and the reader. In this volume, after setting a background and a theoretical framework, an extensive exploration of dialogue at the exchange, episode, and narrative levels is offered. The connection of dialogue with other literary aspects such as monologues, signs, I AM sayings, and metaphors is also established. Thus, this study provides a comprehensive understanding of dialogue in John 1-12.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (1:19–2:12)

2 A Challenge and Riposte Dialogue (2:13–22)

3 A Pedagogical Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (3:1–21)

4 A Report-and-Defense Dialogue to a Narrative Commentary (3:22–36)

5 An Inter-Religious Dialogue in Dual-stage Setting (4:1–42)

6 A Request-Rebuke-Response Dialogue (4:43–54)

7 A Sign and a Controversy Dialogue Leading to a Monologue (5:1–47)

8 From Sign-centric Dialogues to Question-and-Answer Dialogues (6:1–71)

9 A Religious-Theological Dialogue Formed in a Series of Challenge-and-Riposte (7:1–52; 8:12–59)

10 A Dramatic Dialogue Leading to a Monologue and a Community Dialogue (9:1–10:21)

11 A Forensic Dialogue Develops from-Antithetical-to-Synonymous Mode (10:22–42)

12 A Glory-focused Revelatory Dialogue (11:1–53)

13 A Conflict-centric Dialogue as a Conclusion (11:54–12:50)

Macro-level Analysis

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index of Authors

Index of Ancient Sources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30161-5

OCLC:

913376469

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004301610 DOI