Reading John through Johannine Lenses Stan Harstine

Reading John through Johannine Lenses – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781978712935,1978712936

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1978712936
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1978712935
• Author(s): Stan Harstine

Reading John through Johannine Lenses demonstrates that the model an interpreter chooses for examining the Gospel of John significantly impacts the resulting interpretation. The Fourth Evangelist uses key words in the prologue in order to guide the reader toward key moments in the gospel. Stan Harstine shows how four words— life, word, receive, and believe— converge at transition points in John 5, 12, and 17. Their close relationship is not random; rather, it guides the reader to recall what the Gospel has presented in the preceding section, providing a road map for understanding the narrative. By using interpretive models from both diachronic and synchronic methodologies, Harstine’s comparison of traditional historical methods with more recent narrative and rhetorical methods demonstrates the wide disparity of results from prior approaches, thus accentuating the importance of reading the Fourth Gospel through the lenses it provides its readers.

Table contents:

1 Identifying Johannine Lenses in the Prologue
2 Reading John with Two Thematic Lenses
3 Viewing John 5 through Assorted Lenses
4 Viewing John 12 through Assorted Lenses
5 Viewing John 17 through Assorted Lenses
6 Closing Observations
Bibliography
Author Index
Scripture Index

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