| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 329 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
John's Christological unity and disunity: Identifying the options -- Part I. Three relevant surveys -- 1. Recent approaches to the Christology of the fourth gospel -- A. Comprehensive overviews of John's Christology -- B. Text-centered approaches -- C. Theological-Christological approaches -- D. Literary-Christological approaches -- E. Historical-Christological approaches -- Findings -- 2. A survey of significant commentaries -- A. Rudolf Bultmann -- B.C.K. Barrett -- Raymond E. Brown -- Rudolf Schnackenburg -- E. Barnabas Schnackenburg -- Findings -- 3. A survey of three approaches to the unity and disunity of John 6 -- A. Robert Kysar -- B. Peder Borgen -- C.C.K. Barrett -- Findings -- Summary of Part I -- Part II. The unity and disunity of John 6 -- 4. The stylistic unity and disunity of John 6 -- A. Stylistic and linguistic evidence for the Semeia source -- B. The style of the Offenbarungsreden material and the reordering of the text -- C. The contribution of the evangelist -- Findings -- 5. The relationship between sign and discourse in John 6 -- A. The problem of Jesus' answer -- B. The problem of the redundant request -- C. The discontinuity between sign and discourse -- Findings -- 6. The 'Eucharistic interpolation' -- Excursus: What is meant by 'sacrament?' -- A. Was the evangelist an anti-sacramentalist? -- Ignatius of Antioch and the 'medicine of immortality' -- C. John 6:51c: Opening sentence, or concluding clause? -- Findings -- Summary of Part II -- Part III: John 6: Three levels of dialogue -- 8. Not an attesting miracle ... but a 'testing' sign (an exegesis of John 6:1-24) -- John 6:1-24 (a translation) -- Exegetical notes -- Discussion -- Findings -- 9. The exhortation of the 'Two ways' (an exegesis of John 6:25-66) -- John 6:25-66 (a translation) -- Exegetical notes -- Discussion -- Findings -- 10. Returning the 'keys of the kingdom' to Jesus (an exegesis of John 6:67-71) -- John 6:67-71 -- Exegetical notes -- Discussion -- Findings -- Summary of part III -- Conclusion: On 'seamless robes' and 'left-over fragments' -- Implications -- Postscript -- Appendices -- 1. John's exalted Christology -- 2. John's subordinated Christology -- 3. Johannine signs as facilitators of belief -- Johannine signs and the existentializing work of the evangelist -- Realized eschatology in John -- Futuristic eschatology in John -- Philo's use of manna as a secondary text -- The Papias tradition, John's authorship and Luke/Acts -- The Christology of John -- John 6 -- The sacraments in John -- Johannine Christianity -- Interdisciplinary resources. |
| Note |
A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Glasgow, 1988. |
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Originally published: Tübingen : Mohr, 1996, in series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-296) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Bible. John VI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Jesus Christ -- Person and offices.
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| ISBN |
1563381990 paperback alkaline paper |
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