Characterizing Jesus : a rhetorical analysis on the Fourth Gospel's use of Scripture in its presentation of Jesus / Alicia D. Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Alicia D., author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 458.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of New Testament Studies ; 458

T & T Clark Library of Biblical Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Bible.

Bible. John--Criticism, Narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : T & T Clark, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This study explores how the Fourth Gospel''s use of Scripture contributes to its characterization of Jesus. Utilizing literary-rhetorical criticism, Myers approaches the Gospel in its final form, paying particular attention to how Greco-Roman rhetoric can assist in understanding the ways in which Scripture is employed to support the presentation of Jesus. It offers further evidence in favour of the Gospel''s use of rhetoric (particularly the practices of synkrisis, ekpharsis, and prosopopoiia), and gives scholars a new way to use rhetoric to better understand the use of Scripture in the Fourth

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Rhetoric, Jesus, and Scripture in the Fourth Gospel: An Introduction; 1 Previous Scholarship and Present Contribution; 2 Methodology and the Authorial Audience; 3 Outline of the Study; 2 Evangelist and Protagonist: Narrator, Narrative, and Person in Mediterranean Antiquity; 1 Hearing the Evangelist's Voice: Narrator and Narrative in Mediterranean Antiquity and the Fourth Gospel; 2 Introducing the Protagonist: Characterization in Mediterranean Antiquity and the Johannine Prologue; 3 Summary and Conclusions

3 Speaking Scripture: The Evangelist's Voice Mediated through the Discourses of Jesus1 Jesus and a True Israelite (Jn 1.43-51); 2 Jesus and the Bronze Serpent (Jn 3.1-21); 3 Greater than Jacob (Jn 4.1-42); 4 Testimony of the Scriptures (Jn 5.1-47); 5 Bread from Heaven (Jn 6.1-71); 6 At the Feast of Tabernacles (Jn 7.1-52; 8.12-59); 7 At The Feast of Dedication (Jn 10.22-39); 8 The Farewell Discourse (Jn 13.1-17.26); 9 Summary and Conclusions; 4 Reflecting Scripture: The Evangelist's Voice Mediated Outside the Discourses of Jesus; 1 The Testimony of John the Baptist (Jn 1.19-42)

2 In the Temple (Jn 2.13-25)3 The Testimony of the Man Born Blind (Jn 9.1-41); 4 Welcoming and Rejecting the King (Jn 12.12-50); 5 The Crucifixion of the Lamb (Jn 19.17-37); 6 The New Creation (Jn 20.1-30); 7 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Conclusion; 1 Summary of Findings; 2 Implications: Christology and the Authorial Audience; 3 Areas for Continued Research; Bibliography; Biblical and Other Ancient Sources Index; Index of Modern Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567103895

0567103897